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Understanding kidney stones: Pain, diagnosis, and surgery

JOPLIN, Mo. — Kidney stones can be extremely painful. In certain cases, they can be life-threatening.
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Kidney Stones: Causes, Symptoms, and Prevention Tips

Kidney stones are caused when there is an excess of salts and minerals in the urine. They turn into little hard stones and ...

This condition impacts 3 million Brits each year – but you’ve likely never heard of it

This common condition affects up to three million people in the UK each year – but chances are, you've not heard of it. Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), otherwise referred to as an enlarged ...

Magnetized approach to kidney stone retrieval outperforms standard methods in preclinical study

Stanford University has unveiled a ureteroscopy-compatible device that magnetizes and retrieves kidney stone fragments with a ...