Urological diseases such as urinary tract infections (UTI) and kidney stones are a serious burden and are considered the twelfth leading cause of death and seventeenth of disability. Recent work has ...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Advanced microscope technology and cutting-edge geological science are giving new perspectives to an old medical mystery: How do kidney stones form, why are some people more ...

For this study, researchers aimed to determine the impact of statin use on the risk of nephrolithiasis and to assess whether higher lipid levels were associated with the risk of stone formation.

Significantly higher frequencies of renal calculi were found among the 625 parents and sibs of 106 subjects prone to calcium oxalate stone formation as compared with 576 corresponding relatives of ...

Perfect circles of stones cover the ground in parts of Alaska and the Norwegian islands of Spitsbergen. Elsewhere in the far north, stones form other striking patterns on the ground: polygons, stripes ...

America’s geological wonders don’t need erupting volcanoes to create breathtaking spectacles that look straight out of a ...

You can prevent kidney stones by drinking plenty of water, lemon juice, and antioxidant-rich drinks like pomegranate and ...

A MYSTERIOUS “lost city” lying 2,000 feet beneath the waves off Cuba has baffled scientists for more than two decades. Marine engineer Paulina Zelitsky and her husband, Paul Weinzweig, stunned the ...

Advanced microscope technology and cutting-edge geological science are giving new perspectives to an old medical mystery: How do kidney stones form, why are some people more susceptible to them and ...