Have you had your water today? Well, you should, because your kidneys need it. About 10% of people will get kidney stones at some point in their lives. More than half a million people every year are ...

Q: What are kidney stones, and how do I prevent them? Kidney stones are common, impacting approximately one in five men and one in 10 women by the age of 70. Kidney stones are hard deposits of ...

“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 ...

Gallstones and kidney stones are often confused because both conditions involve the formation of hard, stone-like deposits inside the body and can cause severe, sudden pain. However, they develop in ...

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 ...

A new meta-analysis further supports the previously reported link between kidney stones and an increased risk for kidney ...

Kyle Wood, M.D., associate professor in the University of Alabama at Birmingham Department of Urology, details the link between obesity and kidney stones and what this could mean for the future of ...

BOSTON — The prominent headline from the highly anticipated Diuretic Comparison Project (DCP), published in late 2022, was that the antihypertensive drugs chlorthalidone and hydrochlorothiazide showed ...