When the swelling began, Pamela Bang Soppi assumed it would pass. A fever had come and gone. A clinic visit resulted in a prescription but no diagnosis. Within days her feet ballooned. Her face ...

Bangladesh Medical University (BMU) marked World Kidney Day 2026 with a high-profile awareness rally on Thursday, 12 March, rallying stakeholders behind the theme: "Healthy kidneys for all, save the ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: About two weeks ago, I had a cystoscopy to check out my bladder. Three weeks prior to this, I had a scan to check the area for issues. In a meeting with my urologist last week, he said ...

As shown below, the inferred masks predicted by our segmentation model trained by the dataset appear similar to the ground truth masks. This dataset contains images of kidney stones with corresponding ...

Researchers have identified bacterial biofilms within calcium oxalate kidney stones, the most common type, challenging the established view that these stones are sterile and noninfectious and raising ...

For the first time, scientists have discovered evidence of bacteria hiding in 'noninfectious' kidney stones. These hardened clumps of small crystals are made from chemicals in urine and are thought to ...

PATIENTS undergoing malabsorptive bariatric surgery may face a substantially higher risk of kidney stone formation than those receiving restrictive procedures, according to new research. The findings ...

A new study suggests that kidney stone formation may involve more than chemistry alone. This discovery may open the door to new therapeutic strategies for preventing and treating kidney stones, as ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — University Hospitals has opened a specialized stone clinic at UH Ahuja designed to streamline care for kidney stone patients through a coordinated team approach. The new clinic at ...

RIDGEFIELD, Conn., Jan. 28, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Boehringer Ingelheim and the Detect the SOS Collective, a group of professional organizations, advocates, patients and caregivers, launched a ...

The Break Wave lithotripsy device to treat kidney stones [Image courtesy of SonoMotion] SonoMotion has received FDA 510(k) clearance for its Break Wave lithotripsy device to treat kidney stones.