Ouch: each year, more than 500,000 Americans seek care for kidney stones. Here's the story of one man's second—and how he's preventing any more.

Keeping the urine free of bacteria that can cause infection is important for preventing the recurrence of struvite stones. Extracorporeal shock-wave lithotripsy is the most frequently used procedure ...

Shock wave lithotripsy uses sound waves to break ... If you’ve experienced kidney stones, you face approximately a 50% risk of developing another within 5-7 years without preventive measures.

Brian Ekuom Ng'achuro, a resident of Turkana County, is appealing for financial assistance to raise KSh 650,000 to undergo ...

or shock wave lithotripsy, which breaks up the stone into smaller pieces making it easier to pass. A 2016 study in the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology analyzed kidney stone ...

Kidney stones are pebble-sized deposits that form when there’s too much salt and minerals in your urine. Learn whether men or women are more at risk, what passing one feels like, and how big ...