Struvite stones can cause serious health problems in cats — and sometimes even lead to life-threatening emergencies. Learn ...

Immunological tests can differentiate proliferative from non-proliferative lupus nephritis, but anti-C1q antibodies and urinary erythrocytes have the best predictive power to dist ...

Urinary stents and catheters are implanted medical tubes that are widely used in human and veterinary medicine to drain urine ...

Ultrasound therapy is emerging as a potential treatment for Alzheimer’s disease. It uses ultrasound to open the blood-brain barrier, which can help with drug delivery and may also reduce plaques ...

(HealthDay News) — For female patients with multiple sclerosis (MS), transcutaneous posterior tibial nerve stimulation (TPTNS) and repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) are comparable ...

Towana Looney lived with the kidney longer than any other transplant patient had tolerated an organ from a genetically modified animal. By Roni Caryn Rabin Surgeons removed a genetically ...

Certain ingredients in soda, including fructose and phosphoric acid, may increase the risk of kidney stones. Switching from sugar-sweetened soda to water may help reduce this risk. A kidney stone ...

Oral infections are more likely to occur in people with chronic kidney disease and are more likely to become a significant problem. Proper dental care also benefits people on dialysis or those ...

Towana Looney, 53, of Gadsden, Ala., had her pig kidney removed on April 4, after her body rejected the genetically modified organ, according to NYU Langone Health in New York. The pig organ ...