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

For the first time, scientists have discovered evidence of bacteria hiding in 'noninfectious' kidney stones. These hardened ...

It's long been thought that only an unusual type of kidney stone has any connection to bacteria, and that the vast majority ...

In an unexpected finding, a UCLA-led team has discovered that bacteria are present inside the most common type of kidney ...

Malabsorptive bariatric surgery increases kidney stones risk versus restrictive procedures. Learn how urine chemistry differs ...

A team of researchers at UCLA has reported an unexpected twist in a condition long treated as a crystal chemistry problem. In samples of the most common kidney stone, they found bacteria living inside ...

Khaberni - A research team led by the University of California has discovered a potential role for bacteria in the formation ...

Urological diseases such as urinary tract infections (UTI) and kidney stones are a serious burden and are considered the twelfth leading cause of death and seventeenth of disability. Recent work has ...

The human body, it turns out, is surprisingly good at making stone.Authors Katie Edwards Commissioning Editor, Health + Medicine and Host of Strange ...

Kyle Wood, M.D., associate professor in the University of Alabama at Birmingham Department of Urology, details the link between obesity and kidney stones and what this could mean for the future of ...