Is systemic racism in medicine putting Black people’s lives at risk?
Across the world, medical tests are being adjusted according to patients’ skin colour – with shocking consequences
May 2023
‘Water is too boring’?! Can you really survive on nothing but coffee, tea or juice?
‘I was sick with pain – but doctors thought I was a hypochondriac’: the spreading agony of kidney stones
April 2022
Body shock: why Cronenberg’s kidney stones could be the saviour of NFTs
Space mice may offer clues to why astronauts get kidney stones
July 2017
Dementia and Alzheimer’s main cause of death for women, says Public Health England
Female life expectancy is now 83 years but many women will spend a quarter of their lives in ill-health, finds report
March 2016
Number of kidney stone cases increases by 115% in 10 years
An increase in obesity may account for the greater prevalence of the condition, which can be mitigated by drinking enough water
April 2015
Drinking too much iced tea caused man's kidney failure, doctors say
A 56-year-old Arkansas man drank a gallon of iced tea every day; black tea contains the chemical oxalate, which is known to cause kidney problems in excessive amounts
August 2011
Mapping the body
Mapping the body: the ureter
This tube carries urine from the kidneys to the bladder – it's also where painful kidney stones can form
June 2009
'I've seen big men reduced to tears'
Summer is kidney stone season and one in four of us now suffer from them. Kate Hilpern looks at how they are treated and the best ways of preventing them
October 2008
UN and Wal-Mart highlight China food safety concerns
Shortcuts
Have I got kidney stones?
September 2008
Cadbury recalls 11 products from sale in China as tainted milk scandal grows
EU bans all baby food imports from China
Tesco recalls Chinese sweets over melamine fears
Head of watchdog resigns as number of babies in hospital from tainted milk rises to 13,000
'Baby is not getting much better because his kidney stones are big'
China's food safety chief resigns over poisoned milk scandal
China milk scare spreads to 54,000 children
Police make more arrests in baby milk scandal in China
