Archaeologists exploring the Roman-era ruins of Heraclea Sintica in southwestern Bulgaria have made an exceptionally rare discovery - a 1,800-year-old bronze surgical instrument used for the painful ...

Across the ancient Mediterranean, few conditions were known to be as acutely painful as bladder stones. The accumulation of minerals in the bladder due largely to dehydration, these stones could make ...

It took the expertise of three veterinarians from the New England Wildlife Center to carefully remove a one-pound bladder stone from a pet desert tortoise. The bladder stone, also known as a urolith, ...

Bladder stones and kidney stones are two common urinary problems that often get confused because both involve hard mineral deposits forming in the urinary system. However, they are not the same ...