Dr. Aaron Potretske performs ureteroscopy to remove kidney stones. "Over the last several years, we have worked increasingly to make surgery even less invasive," Dr. Potretzke says. He performs ...

Have you had your water today? Well, you should, because your kidneys need it. About 10% of people will get kidney stones at some point in their lives. More than half a million people every year are ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Professor Bhaskar Somani, consultant urologist at Nuffield Wessex Hospital, Chandler’s Ford, with Ruby Gleason and Adam Forbes.

If you’ve ever had a kidney stone, you know how painful and debilitating it can be. A sharp, stabbing pain in your lower abdomen. A dull ache spreading from your lower back to your groin. Intense ...

The kidney transplant evaluation process starts with a visit to a transplant nephrologist and a transplant surgeon. These doctors will discuss your health history and physically examine you. You will ...

Kidney stone is emerging as a common issue in young people While these are easily treatable through surgery the discomfort caused by kidney stones can be traumatic If you don’t want to experience that ...

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 ...