There are different types of kidney stones, including calcium stones, which are the most common. Next is the struvite stones ...

Kidney stones can form in your kidneys from minerals like calcium dissolved in your pee. (Photo Credit: iStock/Getty Images) Kidney stones may be as small as a grain of salt or as big as a kernel ...

Kidney stones are a painful condition that is also referred to as renal lithiasis, urolithiasis, or nephrolithiasis. Researchers estimate that about one in twenty people will experience kidney ...

Warm weather brings days at the beach, sunscreen and ... kidney stones? Researchers say people who don't stay properly hydrated face a higher risk of these painful mineral deposits as temperatures ...

Rachel loves teaching, whether it's in-person or through her writing. Kidney stones—also known as renal calculi or nephrolithiasis—are hard deposits made of minerals that build up in your ...

Millions of people suffer with kidney stones, which can be painful. The pain and suffering caused by these microscopic, hard deposits in the kidneys can be terrible. While there is no foolproof ...

Kidney stones are an "accumulation of minerals within the urinary tract, and most are calcium-based," said the University of Michigan. They "can get in tight spaces in the urinary tract ...

Thirty years ago, kidney stones were considered a disease of the middle-aged white man. Now doctors are increasingly seeing a different kind of patient suffering from the extremely painful ...

A dearth of kidney stone specialists is colliding with a rise in the number of patients who need specialized care. While increasing the number of nephrologists who specialize in kidney stones is ...

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 ...

A Sri Lankan man broke two world records this month due to the large size of a kidney stone doctors removed from his body, according to Guinness World Records. Canistus Coonghe, a 62-year-old ...

Kidney stones have been referred to as “the worst pain in the world,” (besides childbirth, of course) and are becoming more common, especially in women. Kirtly Jones, MD, talks about these painful ...