For the first time, scientists have discovered evidence of bacteria hiding in 'noninfectious' kidney stones. These hardened ...
A team of researchers at UCLA has reported an unexpected twist in a condition long treated as a crystal chemistry problem. In samples of the most common kidney stone, they found bacteria living inside ...
In an unexpected finding, a UCLA-led team has discovered that bacteria are present inside the most common type of kidney ...
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 ...
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 ...
Sharp, solid stones form inside the human body more often than you might think. Watch and listen to episode two of The ...
The human body, it turns out, is surprisingly good at making stone.Authors Katie Edwards Commissioning Editor, Health + Medicine and Host of Strange ...