by Sonia Fernandez, University of California Hereditary and relatively common, polycystic kidney disease (PKD) has long been thought to be progressive and irreversible, condemning its sufferers to a long, slow and often painful decline as fluid filled cysts develop in the kidneys, grow and eventually rob the organs of their function. Once their kidneys fail,...
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Study reaches multidisciplinary consensus on imaging for kidney stones
by Jami Larue, Yale University Each year, over 2 million people visit U.S. emergency departments for suspected renal colic, which typically causes intense flank or abdominal pain due to kidney stones blocking the urinary track. Led by Christopher L. Moore, Yale associate professor and chief of the section of emergency ultrasound in the department of...
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Kidney stones tied to increased renal cell carcinoma risk
Jeroen A.A. van de Pol, from Maastricht University in the Netherlands, and colleagues examined the correlation between kidney stones and RCC and UTUC among 120,852 participants aged 55 to 69 years. A case-cohort analysis was conducted among 4,352 subcohort members, 544 RCC cases, and 140 UTUC cases after 20.3 years of follow-up. (HealthDay)—Kidney stones are associated with...
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Molecular details of protein reveal glimpse into how kidney stones form
Penn study shows that 3D structure of ion channel protein could inform drug discovery UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE PHILADELPHIA – Kidney stones–solid, pebble-like grit that forms when too much of certain minerals like calcium are in the urine–can strike men, women, and increasingly, children, and the presence and pain of stones afflicts more than 12...
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Study overturns what we know about kidney stones
Current treatments for kidney stones are limited and sometimes painful. Research is changing what we thought we knew about their composition and behavior, suggesting that one day, we may fully dissolve them “right in the patient’s kidney.” In the United States, an estimated 1 in 11 people have kidney stones. They affect more men than women; more...
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Study: Kidney stones have distinct geological histories
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — A geologist, a microscopist, and a doctor walk into a lab and, with their colleagues from across the nation, make a discovery that overturns centuries of thought about the nature and composition of kidney stones. The team’s key insight, reported in the journal Scientific Reports, is that kidney stones are built up...
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Tamsulosin does not appear to promote urinary stone passage
(HealthDay)—Tamsulosin does not significantly increase the urinary stone passage rate compared with placebo, according to a study published online June 18 in JAMA Internal Medicine. Andrew C. Meltzer, M.D., from the George Washington University School of Medicine & Health Sciences in Washington, D.C., and colleagues randomized 512 patients presenting in an emergency department with symptomatic urinary stone in...
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Are you drinking enough water during the heatwave? Surgeon warns thousands aren’t and could end up needing hospital treatment for KIDNEY STONES
Bhaskar Somani is a urologist and expert researcher at Southampton University He identified a strong link between warm weather and passing kidney stones The Met Office has issued the second highest heatwave alert for all of Britain The heatwave is set to cause rocketing numbers of patients needing hospital treatment for kidney stones, a leading...
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Keep well hydrated to help keep kidney stones away
Each year, more than a million people in the U.S. will seek treatment for mild to severe pain caused by a kidney stone. Overall, one in 11 individuals in the U.S. will be affected by kidney stones at some time in their life. But one of the most common times to form kidney stones is...