A medical student in New York volunteered in class to have an ultrasound, which showed a large mass on her right kidney. Aria ...

When Aria Moreno volunteered for a class demonstration, she had no idea the doctor would find something wrong with her ...

First-year medical student Aria Moreno volunteered to get an ultrasound during her class, which revealed she had a large mass ...

It looks fine, but there is a disease that destroys the kidneys by quietly growing numerous water bags (cysts) in the kidneys ...

Kidney health can be effectively assessed through simple blood and urine tests. In most cases, this is the first and most important step. So, are imaging like ultrasound or CT scans necessary? That’s ...

On a recent morning, Rebecca Johnson woke up with back pain. She tried to shrug it off. “I thought maybe it’s an old mattress or I have sciatica,” said Johnson, 37. “I took a Tylenol and went to work.

New data demonstrates the ability of UMD technology to deliver genetic medicines, enabling full-length gene expression of Col4a5 in the treatment of X-Linked Alport Syndrome (XLAS) in murine and ...

Stanford University has unveiled a ureteroscopy-compatible device that magnetizes and retrieves kidney stone fragments with a wire, with performance in a pig model beating traditional removal ...

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A magnetic device may be able to remove kidney stones more efficiently than standard approaches, avoiding the need for repeated surgical procedures. Kidney stones occur when minerals in urine ...

Reptiles don’t just pee, they crystallize their waste. Researchers found that snakes and other reptiles form tiny uric acid spheres, a water-saving evolutionary trick. This discovery could illuminate ...

Contrast enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) is superior to contrast magnetic resonance (MR) and computed tomography (CT), and offers 100% sensitivity and specificity, for finding residual or recurrent kidney ...