The number of people suffering with kidney stones is becoming more prevalent, researchers and doctors say, attributing those increases to changes to diet and chronic dehydration. Kidney stones are a ...

Kidney stones are one of the commonest urinary tract problem that affect millions of people world wide. Kidney stones are hard deposits formed from minerals and salts inside the kidneys when urine ...

Over half a million Americans rush to emergency rooms each year clutching their sides in agony, victims of a condition that’s been described as more painful than childbirth: kidney stones. These tiny ...

A 'kidney attack,' or acute kidney injury, strikes suddenly, unlike gradual chronic disease. It occurs when kidneys abruptly lose filtering ability, o ...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Most people think kidney stones are something that happens mainly in adults. But that's changed dramatically over the last 20 years. They may be less common in children, but that ...

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 condition, ...

Did you know that kidney damage can cause certain symptoms in the morning? Yes, when the kidneys fail to function properly, ...

Doctors often use 'renal failure' and 'kidney failure' interchangeably, both signifying a critical loss of kidney function.

Kidney stones are caused when there is an excess of salts and minerals in the urine. They turn into little hard stones and ...

Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) is a chronic inherited condition where cysts grow on the kidneys. This form of polycystic kidney disease affects about 1 in every 400 to 1,000 ...

Approximately 11% of adult stone formers likely have some genetic predisposition. Mendelian monogenic stone diseases are uncommon among adult kidney stone formers, according to investigators. They ...