Kidney stones are fairly common now, regardless of age or gender. Kidney stones are the formation of hard mineral deposits ...

Half a million people go to the emergency room to treat kidney stones. Here's what causes them, what the pain feels like, and how they're treated.

Dr. Uwais Zaid, a veteran urologist, has heard the comparisons. Pain from a kidney stone is like giving birth. Advertisement Article continues below this ad “It’s true,” says the man who ...

A man has shared the picture of a kidney stone that was stuck inside his body for two months.. In a viral Reddit post that garnered over 40,000 upvotes, user Psytoxic showed the stone, which was ...

A new ultrasound treatment for kidney stones might provide pain-free relief while the patient is awake, researchers say. Kidney stones are often excruciatingly painful. In most cases, patients are ...

Most small stones, less than about a quarter of an inch in diameter, pass naturally, with 90% of small kidney stones resolving without intervention.About 60% of larger stones (those about a ...

“Kidney stone pain is very brutal,” said Kevin Baker, an advanced practice registered nurse with Premier Health Family Care of Vandalia. Thirty years ago, kidney stones affected about 5% of ...

Severe kidney stone issues can cause extreme pain and require hospitalization, and sometimes surgery in extreme cases. A Kentucky woman had her arms and legs amputated after kidney stones ...