May 18, 2018 Share this content: Investigators found a higher incidence of clinically diagnosed urinary stones among men receiving testosterone replacement therapy (TRT) vs matched controls not on TRT. The following article is part of conference coverage from the 2018 American Urological Associati...

May 18, 2018 Share this content: White oral medication. The following article is part of conference coverage from the 2018 American Urological Association meeting in San Francisco. Renal and Urology News’ staff will be reporting live on medical studies conducted by urologists and other special...

May 15, 2018 Share this content: Both younger age and more recent exposure to some antibiotics were associated with greater risks for kidney stones. Use of certain antibiotics may be contributing to the rise of kidney stones among children and adults, new study findings suggest. Of 12 classes of ora...

April 17, 2018 Share this content: According to the EDGE Research consortium, both techniques should be in the armamentarium of the urologist. In the May 2018 issue of the Journal of Urology, the EDGE Research Consortium formally published their trial results on the efficacy of dusting vs basketing ...

April 02, 2018 Share this content: kidney stone, small stone, kidney, stones, AUA 2017, urology, nephrology Medical expulsive therapy (MET) does not improve spontaneous stone passage (SSP) in patients with acute ureteric colic, according to findings presented at the 33rd European Association of Urol...

March 12, 2018 Share this content: Pregnant women with vs without a history of nephrolithiasis are more likely to experience gestational diabetes and preeclampsia. Women with a history of kidney stone formation are at elevated risk of gestational diabetes and preeclampsia, new findings suggest. In a...

July 08, 2015 Share this content: No matter how much pharmacologic therapy advances, patient behavior will remain a significant factor in the outcomes achieved. Therapeutic non-adherence is a clinical challenge that likely has vexed doctors for centuries, perhaps millennia. If patients fail to take ...

Editor’s note: The author will be holding a workshop on this topic at the National Kidney Foundation’s 2014 Spring Clinical Meetings, April 22-26, at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. The surgical treatment of urolithiasis has undergone a marked evolution over the past 30 years  Surgical treatments h...

To start this activity, click Begin at the bottom of this page Release Date: July 2013 Expiration Date: July 2014 Estimated time to complete the educational activity: 1 hour This activity is jointly sponsored by Medical Education Resources and Haymarket Medical Education. Statement of Need: Kidney s...

November 21, 2011 Share this content: Kidney Stone Prevention: ‘Fact versus Fiction’ According to current estimates, kidney stones will develop in one in 10 people during their lifetime. This translates into nearly 30 million people in the United States. The prevalence is highest among those age...