Kidney stones, those painful crystalline formations in your urinary system, might soon be defeated by an innovative medical ...

About one in 11 Americans will experience the discomfort of a kidney stone in their lifetime. While some might think of these pesky mineral clumps as earthly inconveniences, they’re a problem up in ...

The treatment of kidney stones could soon be getting much faster, easier, and safer. Scientists have devised a method of non-invasively tearing the objects apart, using what are known as "acoustic ...

A team from the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV) and the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), belonging to the ...

Few medical problems are as instantly unforgettable as the pain of a kidney stone. But while the fear of surgery often follows the diagnosis, most stones don’t actually require it. According to Dr ...