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 love.

Kidney stones are fairly common now, regardless of age or gender. Kidney stones are the formation of hard mineral deposits ...

Most small stones can pass with medication and hydration, but larger ones may require procedures like laser lithotripsy or ...

Learn what urine tests can reveal about your health, what things they can check for, and what normal and abnormal ranges are and what they indicate.

Based on: Urinary Deposits; their Diagnosis, Pathology and Therapeutical Indications. By Golding Bird, M.D., F.R.S. Edited by Edmund Lloyd Birkett, M.D., &c. A new ...

Kidney stones, the painful urinary deposits that affect more than 10 percent of people worldwide, are surprisingly dynamic, forming much like microscopic coral reefs, according to new research ...