A Phase 3 clinical trial found that injections of the semaglutide medication once weekly reduced the risk of kidney disease worsening by 24% in people who also had diabetes. It also reduced the ...

Research highlights modest associations between fatty acid consumption and kidney stone prevalence, emphasizing the need for refined dietary strategies. Study: Associations between dietary fatty ...

Kidney stones are quite common, with a prevalence estimated to be between 1–15% of the global population. These are hard deposits made of minerals and salts that form inside the kidneys and ...

Malignancy may produce ureteric obstruction. This obstruction may be relieved by inserting a nephrostomy tube. All 31 cases of malignant ureteric obstruction from a single institution were ...

Background and objective: The early identification of modifiable risk factors is important for preventing kidney stones but determining causal associations can be difficult with epidemiological data.

Background: Gut microbiota, particularly Oxalobacter formigenes, has been previously reported to be associated with kidney stones. However, the conflicting results from both observational and ...

If you have a kidney stone that moves inside your kidney, through your urinary tract, or gets stuck in your ureter (the tube that urine passes through from the kidney to the bladder), you may ...