Kidney stones, also called urinary stones, are rock-like substances in one or both of your kidneys. They form when you have an imbalance of minerals, like calcium or uric acid, in your urine (pee).

Your urine is a simple way to monitor your kidney health. While temporary colour changes may be harmless and related to your ...

Kidney stones form in the kidneys and are usually composed of calcium oxalate or uric acid, causing severe pain and sometimes ...

Kidney stone disease is increasingly common globally, with dehydration being a significant contributor. Lack of fluids ...

(Kidney stones are created when substances like calcium become too concentrated in urine.) If this were to happen in en route to, say Mars, an alerted astronaut could start drinking plenty more ...

Chronic kidney disease (CKD), sometimes called chronic kidney failure, means that kidneys are irreversibly damaged, and the ...

Kidney stones form from chemicals in the urine. Some are as small as a grain of sand and are passed in the urine without you noticing. Others can be as large as a pebble. Causes of kidney stones ...

Our kidneys play a vital role in keeping us healthy by filtering waste and excess fluids from the blood, balancing important ...

Healthy kidneys filter blood to balance the body’s water, salts and minerals, expelling waste as urine. When this process goes awry, painful kidney stones—hard accumulations of salts and ...

The shedding of this critical element reduces bone density and, as the calcium enters the urine, heightens the chance of painful kidney stones forming in the urinary tract. Through Polaris Dawn ...

FOR GETTING KIDNEY STONES, WHICH CAN BE VERY DANGEROUS IN SPACE ... THE TEAM WILL BE REVIEWING URINE SAMPLES FROM THE POLARIS DAWN ASTRONAUTS, MONITORING THE LEVELS OF CALCIUM.