Experiencing a kidney stone often means enduring sharp, intense pain in the back, side, or lower abdomen, which may radiate towards the groin. This pain is typically caused by a small, hard mineral ...

Older adults with advanced kidney disease are often motivated to receive a transplant but may face emotional and psychosocial ...

“Our data suggest SGLT2 inhibition as a safe strategy to prevent kidney stone recurrence in patients with kidney stones ,” Dr Fuster’s team concluded. Other study findings indicate the empagliflozin ...

Kidney stone prevention centers around nutrition and lifestyle improvements. Learn what to eat, drink, avoid, and other ways ...

Located on the southern end of the Danish island of Bornholm, these stones are flat pieces of shale featuring intricately drawn Sun motifs. Scholars now speculate that these stones might have been ...

That condition is kidney stones. Advert People who have experienced both will tell you just how much worse kidney stones are than giving birth, or being kicked in the balls - a study even touched on ...

Kidney stones are quite common, with a prevalence estimated to be between 1–15% of the global population. These are hard deposits made of minerals and salts that form inside the kidneys and ...

Long-term complications include chronic kidney disease, kidney failure, cardiovascular morbidity, and an increased risk of death. Several strategies are available to prevent and treat AKI in specific ...

Hundreds of mysterious engraved “sun stones” unearthed in Denmark may have been ceremonially buried because a volcanic eruption in about 2900 BC made the sun disappear. A total of 614 stone ...

Thousands of years ago, people on what is now the Danish island of Bornholm threw hundreds of mysteriously carved stones into a ditch before burying them. The purpose of these so-called 'sun stones', ...

As a volcanic eruption darkened the sun roughly 4,900 years ago, a Stone Age culture sacrificed hundreds of decorated stone plaques to try to coax it back. A trove of engraved stones unearthed ...