Malabsorptive bariatric surgery increases kidney stones risk versus restrictive procedures. Learn how urine chemistry differs ...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Most people think kidney stones are something that happens mainly in adults. But that's changed dramatically over the last 20 years. They may be less common in children, but that ...

FLOURTOWN, Pennsylvania (WPVI) -- Summer is known as "kidney stone season," when more people get this painful problem. "I felt pain in my kidneys. Didn't know what it was," says Peter Shaifer of ...

A doctor can diagnose someone with a kidney stone from across the room, because they are doubled over in pain, trying to find a comfortable position. Decades ago, kidney stones occurred in 1 out of 20 ...

Dear Doctors: Our son had some of the symptoms of appendicitis. His lower right side was aching, and he was throwing up. At the emergency room, it turned out that he was passing a kidney stone. He’s ...

Anyone who has ever had a kidney stone will probably never forget it. “They can be incredibly painful,” said pediatrician Christine Ashburn, with Kaiser Permanente. Kidney stones are formed when ...

“About one in 10 people will have a kidney stone in their lifetime,” said Kyle Wood, M.D., associate professor in the University of Alabama at Birmingham Department of Urology. “Most people have ...

If you’ve ever had a kidney stone, you know how painful and debilitating it can be. A sharp, stabbing pain in your lower abdomen. A dull ache spreading from your lower back to your groin. Intense ...

In addition to being the season for sun and fun, summer is the season for kidney stones. The heat increases the likelihood that people become dehydrated. Dehydration leads to more concentrated urine, ...

Medical history was made again at the National Referral Hospital (NRH) with Solomon Islands’ first ever kidney stone removal ...

Obesity does not only put individuals at risk for heart disease and diabetes—it's also a leading cause of kidney stone disease. Kidney stone disease is increasingly recognized as a chronic condition ...