Stone Disease.(Bladder and Urethral Problems)

Article: Treating Stones; Painful disease: Researchers track ...
Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque);  April 2, 2001 ;     700+ words ...Urinary stone disease has been known ... factors that influence stone formation have greatly ... is a higher risk for stone formation in those people whose relatives have had stones. This suggests a genetic ... anatomical variations of the urinary tract will increase the risk ...

Article: Gene map opens door for UTI vaccine; team works out genome of ...
Renal & Urology News;  July 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... these in a model of urinary tract infections. So these ... treat UTIs and kidney stone disease. An enzyme ... breaks down urea in the urinary tract reduces the acidity ... of kidney or bladder stones. Once a stone begins to form, bacteria ...

Article: Endourologists Now Have a New Category of Device For Stone ...
Business Wire;  April 29, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... will develop another stone. Although there are ... surgical options for kidney stones, devices have been ... ability to capture small stone fragments which frequently ... capture and release kidney stones throughout the urinary tract, even in the most challenging ...

Article: Laser lithotripsy: the "death ray" for kidney stones in ...
Medical Update;  February 1, 1996 ;     560 words ... ... lithotripsy to remove kidney stones that had migrated south into ... kidney and the bladder. Kidney stones usually create no problems until ... excruciating pain. The farther the stone had worked its way down the ... study results, 91 percent of stones lodged in the upper ureter were ...

Article: Urinary Tract Infection; Key Q&A.
NWHRC Health Center - Urinary Tract Infection;  March 17, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... they could spread to the urinary tract. Any abnormality of the urinary tract that blocks the flow of urine, such as a kidney stone, also can lead to an infection ... also increase the risk of urinary tract infections. Practicing ...

Article: Urinary Tract Infection; Overview.
NWHRC Health Center - Urinary Tract Infection;  May 25, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... they could spread to the urinary tract. Any abnormality of the urinary tract that blocks the flow of urine, such as a kidney stone or prolapse of the uterus ... diseases, increase the risk of urinary tract infections. Lengthy use ...

Urinary Tract Infection in Men.
Clinical Reference Systems;  July 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... tract infection in men? Urinary tract infection is an overgrowth ... infection but no symptoms. Urinary tract infection is common ... especially if a kidney stone is also present. An ... prostate can cause a urinary tract infection by preventing ...