Here's what kidney stones are, what causes them and how you can expect to have them treated if they affect you or someone you ...

Kidney stones under the microscope look like jagged spikes of pain. by Megan Thielking. Feb 21, 2015, 7:00 PM UTC ... A view from above the crystals that form a kidney stone ...

Stone disease occurs when jagged mineral crystals form in urine within the kidney. This excruciating problem affects roughly one in 10 adults and is steadily rising, especially in women and ...

Researchers have applied Nobel prize-winning microscope technology to uncover an ion channel structure that could lead to new treatments for kidney stones. The study published in Nature Structural ...

Chronic kidney disease often doesn't cause symptoms ... or kidney stone, it can also indicate kidney disease. ... when your healthcare provider looks at a sample of your pee under a microscope.

May 24, 2012 (Atlanta, Georgia) — The burgeoning obesity epidemic might be linked to yet another health problem; there has been a near doubling in the incidence of kidney stones since a previous ...

Surprisingly, asymptomatic stone formers are also at higher risk for renal disease, "even after adjustment for things like chronic kidney disease, high blood pressure, diabetes, high cholesterol ...

For patients with polycystic kidney disease (PKD), a common genetic disorder that ravages the waste-removing organ with cysts, dialysis and transplantation are among the only treatments. More than ...