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 ...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Advanced microscope technology and cutting-edge geological science are giving new perspectives to an old medical mystery: How do kidney stones form, why are some people more ...

When fluid intake drops, urine becomes more concentrated, increasing the supersaturation of calcium oxalate and uric acid crystals that form stones. In simple terms, the chemistry of stone formation r ...

Perfect circles of stones cover the ground in parts of Alaska and the Norwegian islands of Spitsbergen. Elsewhere in the far north, stones form other striking patterns on the ground: polygons, stripes ...

Vitamin C is one of the most important vitamins for the human body. It provides several beneficial effects for overall health ...

Miniaturized percutaneous techniques, flexible ureteroscopy, and outpatient protocols have shortened hospital stays and ...

Madagascar's Tsingy stone forest features sharp limestone towers formed millions of years ago and supports unique wildlife.