An ultrasound allows doctors to view images of the organs and soft tissues inside your body. Using sound waves, an ultrasound provides a real-time picture of your organs. This better allows medical ...

Kidney stones are hard objects made of minerals and salts in urine. The development of kidney stones occurs through the accumulation of minerals like calcium, along with oxalate or uric acid in urine.

Hard, pebble-like gallstones may range in size from a grain of sand to a golf ball. A person could have one large gallstone or lots of smaller ones inside their gallbladder. Gallstones affect about 10 ...