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 ...

Kidney stones (KS), hard crystalline formations that occur within the kidney, are a common condition that affects millions of people worldwide. While genetics and various other factors can contribute ...

Up to 15% of people will experience kidney stones, and for 50% of those that do, they will recur. It is therefore important to understand as much as possible about how kidney stones form to improve ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — Certain dietary supplements inhibit the formation, growth, and aggregation of calcium oxalate kidney stones and may ultimately aid in prevention, according to new research presented ...

The kidneys appear to harbor an antibiotic-responsive microbiome that can influence calcium-oxalate stone formation. Specific bacteria colonies in kidneys may promote or prevent kidney stone formation ...

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 ...