The most distressing symptom of tonsil stones is halitosis (chronic bad breath which is due to the decomposition of the entrapped debris within the tonsil crypts by anaerobic bacteria. Anaerobic ...

Urinary tract infection (UTI) and urolithiasis frequently coexist, but the drivers of infection risk in stone-forming patients remain incompletely defined. A large retrospective observational study ...

Give it enough time and the right conditions and it will go about crystallising minerals, hardening secretions and, in rare cases, turning tragedy into rock. Gallstones. Kidney stones. Tonsil stones.

Commissioning Editor, Health + Medicine and Host of Strange Health podcast, The Conversation The human body, it turns out, is surprisingly good at making stone. Give it enough time and the right ...

(MENAFN- The Conversation) The human body, it turns out, is surprisingly good at making stone. Give it enough time and the right conditions and it will go about crystallising minerals, hardening ...

A dull aching or sharp shooting pain on the right side of the abdomen that is below the lower right ribs after meals is a common complaint seen in clinics and emergency rooms. Many people misdiagnose ...