The revolutionary world of medical imaging continues to transform how healthcare professionals protect our most vital organs, and kidney ultrasounds stand at the forefront of this incredible ...

A new ultrasound treatment for kidney stones might provide pain-free relief while the patient is awake, researchers say. Kidney stones are often excruciatingly painful. In most cases, patients are ...

A technique that blasts kidney stones with ultrasound waves may offer a noninvasive treatment option for the painful condition, according to the first human study, published in The Journal of Urology.

A new technique which combines the use of two ultrasound technologies may offer an option to move kidney stones out of the ureter with minimal pain and no anesthesia, according to a new feasibility ...

ORLANDO, Florida — The use of recommended diagnostic tests declined within months of the publication of revised guidelines for the management of first-episode febrile urinary tract infection (UTI) in ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am 71 and began having urinary issues due to benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) many years ago. I took alpha blockers (Flomax, double Flomax and tadalifil), which didn’t provide any ...

For clinicians, bladder stones (vesical calculi) are less a disease and more a symptom of a deeper problem, usually stasis or ...

You usually have a number of tests to find out if the symptoms you have could be due to bladder cancer. If you have bladder cancer, you then need more tests to find out how far it has grown. Your GP ...

Evaluation of the child with urinary incontinence typically begins in the office setting (Figure 2). A thorough medical history will delineate the pattern of incontinence and can identify underlying ...

Today is Children’s Day, a moment to celebrate the joy and innocence of childhood. But for some kids, joy can be interrupted ...