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 ...

One of the earliest signs that the kidneys are not functioning the way they should, is the leaking of protein into the urine, ...

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Gallstones and kidney stones are two common conditions that cause intense pain, but they affect completely different organs.

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Chances are you or someone you know has had a kidney stone at some point in their life; they are very common, affecting approximately one in ten people throughout their lifetime. The risk of kidney ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Robert Glatter is a New York-based physician covering public health. This article is more than 9 years old. Kidney stones--often ...

A popular belief suggests that drinking beer can help flush out kidney stones – but is that really true? Recently, dietitian ...

Patient 1 was a 73-year-old woman with a 30-year history of nephrolithiasis, as well as a history of rheumatoid arthritis and arterial hypertension. She had been treated with methotrexate, furosemide ...

Is the use of live donors with renal calculi for kidney transplantation contraindicated in either of the following situations? If there is a history only of passage of renal calculi, but there are no ...