Kidney stones, those painful crystalline formations in your urinary system, might soon be defeated by an innovative medical ...

About one in 11 Americans will experience the discomfort of a kidney stone in their lifetime. While some might think of these pesky mineral clumps as earthly inconveniences, they’re a problem up in ...

The treatment of kidney stones could soon be getting much faster, easier, and safer. Scientists have devised a method of non-invasively tearing the objects apart, using what are known as "acoustic ...

Standard techniques for removing kidney stones often require repeated surgery, but a magnetic gel seems to make the process ...