FOR countless people across Ireland, the simple act of laughing, coughing, or rushing for the bus comes with a hidden worry.

A tumour in the kidney can damage small blood vessels, causing blood to leak into the urine. Blood may appear visible or microscopic, depending on tumour size and location.Notably, kidney cancer is ...

About 50% of menopausal women experience genitourinary syndrome of menopause (GSM) that involves changes to the genitals, ...

When too much of it builds up, it can crystallize painfully in our joints, causing gout, or solidify into kidney stones. In ...

Reptiles produce crystal "pee," which, in humans, would cause gout or kidney stones. But this seems to be working out great ...

For researchers, including Georgetown University chemist Jennifer Swift, analyzing reptilian pee crystals presented an ...

Crystals "peed" by snakes could hold the key to treating kidney stones and gout in humans, say scientists. Researchers ...