A bladder stone the size of a baseball—and with growth rings inside it just like a tree trunk—was spotted inside a 72-year-old woman. The woman, who has been paralyzed from the chest down for 30 years ...

Most men over 50 will develop an enlarged prostate. Also called benign prostatic hyperplasia, this bothersome condition makes it hard to urinate and can eventually lead to other problems, such as ...

Interstitial cystitis (IC) and overactive bladder (OAB) are two distinct but related conditions that affect the bladder and can significantly affect quality of life. IC is also referred to as ...

A NASA satellite has spotted frozen "kidney beans" on Mars' sand dunes trapped in place until springtime. Photographing them can help us determine if there was ever enough water on Mars to sustain ...

This paper presents a case report of CDC that was misdiagnosed as renal abscess on computed tomography (CT). A 49-year-old male patient was admitted to the hospital with bilateral lumbar pain, ...

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is an umbrella term used to describe a longstanding disease or condition that causes the progressive loss of kidney (renal) function. Symptoms vary, depending on the stage ...

These toxins go to your bladder and are eliminated when you urinate. When this process doesn’t work properly, you can get kidney failure. If your kidneys can’t function properly, toxins can ...

Kidney failure symptoms may begin so gradually that you don't really notice swelling, joint pain, or changes in how you urinate (pee). Or, you may think that itchy skin and other signs are due to ...

He said he coped with at least 15 kidney stones from age 12 through 18, with three or four stones present when he received an ultrasound. In the past few years, he has mitigated kidney stones by ...

For patients with neurogenic bladder and pelvic structural anomalies, sacral neuromodulation (SNM) combined with three-dimensional (3D) printing and ultrasound localization improves the accuracy ...

direct instillation is unable to penetrate the bladder urothelium. Purpose: This study aims to investigate the safety and feasibility of ultrasound-assisted intravesical delivery of BTX-A and its ...