Molecular details of protein reveal glimpse into how kidney stones form
(University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine) Using the 2017 Nobel Prize-winning technique of cryo-electron microscopy to capture a high-resolution image of an ion channel protein, called TRPV5, that removes calcium from urine, researchers have found fresh clues as to how kidney stones form. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - October 10, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Hope for one-in 11 Britons as new shockwave blast offers an end to the agony of kidney stones
The procedure, which can be carried out without an anaesthetic, uses a machine that directs blasts of ultrasound energy at the kidneys. The waves break up troublesome crystals which are passed through urine. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - September 23, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Boston Scientific launches LithoVue Empower kidney stone retrieval device
Boston Scientific (NYSE:BSX) said today it launched its LithoVue Empower retrieval deployment device designed to be used with the LithoVue single-use digital flexible ureteroscope during ureteroscopic kidney stone retrieval procedures.
The Marlborough, Mass.-based company said that the LithoVue Empower is intended to turn a two-person stone basketing procedure into a single-person procedure, allowing urologists to operate a ureteroscope and basket simultaneously during the procedure.
The newly launched device is one of several new devices Boston Scientific said it plans to release to address “unmet needs and ineffi...
Source: Mass Device - September 21, 2018 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Fink Densford Tags: Business/Financial News Urology Boston Scientific Source Type: news
Morning Break:'Cool' E-Cig Warnings; Humira Kickback Suit; Kidney Stones as Art?
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Source: MedPage Today Public Health - September 20, 2018 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Trilobites: Kidney Stones Are More Beautiful Than You Might Think
New research found that the painful deposits are surprisingly dynamic, forming much like microscopic coral reefs, and could help with treating them. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - September 19, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: EMILY BAUMGAERTNER Tags: Kidneys Rock and Stone Geology Microbiology Scientific Reports (Journal) Fouke, Bruce Source Type: news
Kidney Stones Grow Just Like Real Stones, Recording Your Health Through Time
Recent research found that kidney stones have many more similarities with real stones than anyone previously thought. (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - September 18, 2018 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Trevor Nace, Contributor Source Type: news
Medical News Today: Study overturns what we know about kidney stones
New research uses cutting-edge technology to study kidney stones. The findings change what we know about their nature, composition, and behavior. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - September 17, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Urology / Nephrology Source Type: news
Voodoo Dolls, Roller-Coasters for Kidney Stones Win at Ig Nobels
The awards for comical but practical scientific discovery also include cannibalism and self-colonoscopy. (Source: The Scientist)
Source: The Scientist - September 14, 2018 Category: Science Tags: News & Opinion Source Type: news
Ask Well: What Foods Should I Avoid to Prevent Kidney Stones?
Drink more fluids, consume less sodium and eat a diet that includes calcium-rich foods. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - September 14, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: RICHARD KLASCO, M.D. Tags: Diet and Nutrition Kidneys Calcium Obesity Weight Source Type: news
Voodoo doll and cannibalism studies triumph at Ig Nobels
Self-colonoscopies, useless instruction manuals, and kidney stones on rollercoasters also among subjects awardedNever mind the protests from health and safety. A research paper that describes how employees can overcome workplace injustice by torturing a voodoo doll that resembles their boss has landed one of the most coveted awards in academia: anIg Nobel prize.The study, which sought to understand why disgruntled staff retaliate against bad superiors – despite the risk of making matters worse – found that tormenting a doll with pins and other implements helped restore their sense of fairness in the world.Continue read...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - September 13, 2018 Category: Science Authors: Ian Sample Science editor Tags: Ig Nobel prizes Science prizes Source Type: news
Study: Kidney stones have distinct geological histories
(University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) A geologist, a microscopist and a doctor walk into a lab and, with their colleagues, make a discovery that overturns centuries of thought about the nature and composition of kidney stones. The team's key insight, reported in the journal Scientific Reports, is that kidney stones are built up in calcium-rich layers that resemble other mineralizations in nature, such as those forming coral reefs or arising in hot springs, Roman aqueducts or subsurface oil fields. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - September 13, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Kidney stones warning - how to tell if you’re at risk by checking your wee
KIDNEY stones can cause severe pain in the stomach or back. But drinking water and avoiding dehydration could help to prevent painful kidney stones. This is how to check if you ’re at risk when you’re going to the toilet for a wee. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - August 30, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
The Icy Truth: The World of Resuscitation is NOT Flat
For those looking for a better way to preserve the brain and vital organs in the future, an article released recently about work by scientists at Massachusetts General Hospital may give us a peek at a future tool in our resuscitation toolbox.
It’s a process that might prove valuable if used in conjunction with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), impedance threshold devices (ITDs) and head-up CPR to keep people in a suspended state of animation until their malady is found, corrected and allowed to begin healing.
Massachusetts General is the original and largest teaching hospital at Harvard Medical School. Their wo...
Source: JEMS Patient Care - August 20, 2018 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: A.J. Heightman, MPA, EMT-P Tags: Exclusive Articles Cardiac & Resuscitation Source Type: news
The Icy Truth: The World of Resuscitation is NOT Flat
For those looking for a better way to preserve the brain and vital organs in the future, an article released recently about work by scientists at Massachusetts General Hospital may give us a peek at a future tool in our resuscitation toolbox.
It’s a process that might prove valuable if used in conjunction with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), impedance threshold devices (ITDs) and head-up CPR to keep people in a suspended state of animation until their malady is found, corrected and allowed to begin healing.
Massachusetts General is the original and largest teaching hospital at Harvard Medical School. Their wo...
Source: JEMS Special Topics - August 20, 2018 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: A.J. Heightman, MPA, EMT-P Tags: Exclusive Articles Cardiac & Resuscitation Source Type: news
Kidney Stones (nephrolithiasis)
Title: Kidney Stones (nephrolithiasis)Category: Diseases and ConditionsCreated: 12/31/1997 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 8/16/2018 12:00:00 AM (Source: MedicineNet Digestion General)
Source: MedicineNet Digestion General - August 16, 2018 Category: Nutrition Source Type: news
