This is a follow-up to a story that appears in the June 2018 issue of National Geographic magazine. On a fall morning in 1937, an Emory University geologist was walking down a hallway in the alumni ...

Jane Kim, MD, is currently a medical editor and writer. She also consults on digital content for physician medical education. Risk factors for navel stones include inadequately cleaning your belly ...

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If the stone blocks the salivary duct, the gland can become infected, a condition called sialadenitis. A doctor may be able to feel a salivary gland stone while examining a patient, or see one by ...

Kidney stones can be painful and, in severe cases, cause bladder obstruction. It can take one to three weeks or more for a kidney stone to pass on its own. Some cases may need medical treatment to ...

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There are four stages of passing a kidney stone: formation, moving into the ureter, reaching the bladder, and exiting the body in urine. Kidney stones form when urine becomes concentrated, allowing ...

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The introduction of extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) in the early 1980s revolutionized the treatment of patients with stones in the kidneys, ureter (the duct between the kidney and the ...

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