Drinking water in the morning helps replenish fluids and dilute urine. A high-sodium diet can increase urinary calcium, potentially raising kidney stone risk. Adequate dietary calcium can help reduce ...

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 ...

Health Tips: Pain while urinating, frequent trips to the bathroom and discomfort in the lower abdomen can be signs of ...

Feeling less thirsty in winter may lead to lower water intake and concentrated urine, increasing kidney stone risk. Learn the warning signs and ways to stay hydrated.

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 trigger a distinctive cluster of symptoms, and recognizing all of them can help you tell a stone apart from a ...

Weeks before her daughter's wedding, Sarah Wolfensohn noticed the tell-tale waves of colicky pain building in her left side ...

Soreness after passing a kidney stone can be caused by irritation from the stone itself, an infection, another stone, or an unrelated health issue. Discomfort is often due to a buildup of scar tissue ...

Kidney stones are small, hard deposits made of minerals and reoccurring materials inside the kidneys. Stones often go unnoticed in the kidney until they move into the ureter —the tube connecting the ...

A large case-control study of Chinese adults found that higher atherogenic index of plasma values were associated with higher ...

A prospective study of 143 stone surgery patients found intra-operative stone cultures were positive far more often than ...

A dearth of kidney stone specialists is colliding with a rise in the number of patients who need specialized care. While increasing the number of nephrologists who specialize in kidney stones is ...