Robert Glatter is a New York-based physician covering public health. Kidney stones--often the size of a sand grain--are one of the most painful conditions that people may experience in their lifetime.

EndoTheia announced today that it completed the first-in-human clinical trial for its FlexStone basket, a steerable kidney ...

These stones are Often asymptomatic, but can cause abdominal pain, fever, and nausea. Gallstones are generally larger than kidney stones and the size if these stones is up to 5 cm. These stones ...

Riding on some types of roller-coaster is an effective way of removing kidney stones. This is the conclusion of research that has won this year's Ig Nobel Prize for Medicine. The US researchers ...

Most small kidney stones can pass on their own. However, kidney stones that are too large to pass on their own or cause bleeding, kidney damage or ongoing urinary tract infections may require surgical ...