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 ...

Kidney stones rank right up at the top of the most painful health conditions, according to patients asked to rate their discomfort on a scale of 1 to 10. Kidney stones are hard pellets composed of ...

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 ...

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - About 11% of men and 6% of women in the United States will have a kidney stone at least once, according to the National Institutes of Health. Dr. Michael Degon, with Novant ...

Kidney stones and kidney cancer are separate conditions, but emerging research indicates a possible connection between them. Kidney stones are hard mineral deposits that can cause pain, infections, or ...

It’s long been thought that only an unusual type of kidney stone has any connection to bacteria, and that the vast majority of kidney stones, which are caused by calcium oxalate crystals, don’t host ...

Obesity can increase your chance of kidney stones. Experts don’t know exactly why this is, but losing weight may help lower your chance of developing them. Obesity is a chronic health condition ...

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

Kidney stone is emerging as a common issue in young people While these are easily treatable through surgery the discomfort caused by kidney stones can be traumatic If you don’t want to experience that ...