For decades, kidney stones have been treated as inert pebbles that simply precipitate out of urine, a plumbing problem inside ...

A Connecticut woman who went to Greenwich Hospital with a kidney stone is now suffering from post-sepsis syndrome with both cognitive and physical symptoms, according to a lawsuit filed in Superior ...

When diagnosing kidney stones, using ultrasound instead of CT scans reduces costs as well as patients' exposure to radiation, according to new research. A separate study also found that people with ...

Ultrasound examinations turn up a relatively high prevalence of asymptomatic kidney stones, according to researchers. David S. Goldfarb, MD, of the New York Harbor Veterans’ Affairs Medical Center and ...

Kidney stones are hard, pebble-like pieces of material caused by an excess of certain minerals in your urine. In the United States, about 11% of men and 6% of women develop kidney stones each year.

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