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Beyond broad recommendations for recurrent kidney stone prevention, clinicians and renal dietitians can create personalized plans.

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On the list of medical terms we'd rather never hear, cancer is at the top. But when it comes to fighting it, knowledge is ...

Q: What are kidney stones, and how do I prevent them? Kidney stones are common, impacting approximately one in five men and ...

Kidney disease can cause facial swelling, itchiness, and blisters. Symptoms can depend on the stage of kidney disease. Uremic leontiasis ossea is a rare and severe complication of advanced kidney ...

As a cardiologist, I see this far too often: women come to us later in the course of heart disease, sometimes after weeks or even months of vague symptoms that were dismissed or misdiagnosed. We've ...

Amy Bies was recovering in the hospital from injuries inflicted during a car accident in May 2007 when routine laboratory tests showed that her blood glucose and cholesterol were both dangerously high ...