When the CT scan of a 35-year-old patient appeared on the screen, Dr. Mai Van Luc from the Department of Urology and ...

Kidney stones – the dreaded "crystals from hell" – can strike suddenly with unbearable sharp pain. It can cause excruciating ...

There's the instant when the physician places the X-ray on the desk and indicates a small, white spot on the plate. "That's ...

Kidney stones, with high recurrence rates, can be managed effectively through lifestyle and dietary changes. Prioritizing adequate hydration, aiming f ...

Understanding the link between obesity, fatty liver disease and kidney stones provides a new perspective on prevention and ...

Thomas et al. 12 found that 37.8 per cent of persons with calcium oxalate stone formation had at least one other with stone formation among their first-degree relatives whereas only 9.5 per cent ...

THE nature and process of kidney-stone formation has puzzled the medical profession for a long time. In the sixteenth century Paracelsus expressed the opinion that a material obtained from food ...

Ongoing research: fatty liver disease and kidney stones. One of the newest areas of research is the connection between fatty liver disease—now referred to as metabolic-associated steatotic liver ...