The urinary tract consists of the bladder, ureters, kidneys and urethra. A stone passes through the ureters to the bladder after forming in the kidneys, and lastly, through the urethra to exit the ...

Blood in urine can result when a kidney stone rubs or scratches the wall of the urinary tract. The stone passing through the urinary tract passages may cause friction to the sensitive tissues. Several ...

A kidney stone becomes a serious problem when it travels through the urinary tract and gets stuck in the urethra, the final and narrowest pathway through which urine is excreted. While many kidney ...

Drinking more water is one of the most common recommendations for preventing kidney stones. But a new Duke-led study suggests ...

Scientists at the Buck Institute for Research on Aging have shown that an orally administered small molecule, ...

Chronic kidney disease has emerged as a global health problem. This is an irreversible condition estimated to affect more than 850 million people. If left unaddressed, numbers are likely to go up and ...

Kidney stones can cause some of the most intense pain people ever experience, affecting daily life and leading many to hospital emergency visits. It affects one in 11 people in the U.S., and almost ...

Source: Thinkstock The ROCK Society, led this year by President Nicole Miller, MD, FACS, of Vanderbilt University Medical Center, aims to further the investigation of calculi and reach a better ...

A behavioral intervention designed to increase fluid intake for the prevention of kidney stone recurrence successfully boosted urine volume but did not significantly reduce stone recurrence over 2 ...

When the swelling began, Pamela Bang Soppi assumed it would pass. A fever had come and gone. A clinic visit resulted in a prescription but no diagnosis. Within days her feet ballooned. Her face ...