Billy Porter says a poorly treated urinary infection nearly killed him. On Wednesday, the 56-year-old Broadway icon appeared on “Today” to promote his new children’s book, “Songbird in the Light,” and ...

A man being treated for a urinary tract infection turned out to have a rare "supernumerary kidney." ...

After kidney stone removal surgery, the doctor inserted a JJ stent and scheduled a follow-up appointment to have the medical ...

Becton, Dickinson and Company BDX, popularly known as BD, recently announced that it has received CE Mark approval in the European Union for its Revello Vascular Covered Stent. With this approval, BD ...

Act II of the Courtney cancer drama just wrapped up. For those who missed Act I, let me catch you up. Two weeks before Christmas my urologist discovered a tumor growing on my bladder wall. Fortunately ...

For most people with bladder cancer, the first red flag is literally red: blood in the urine. But for people with color blindness, that warning sign may be easy to miss — and missing it could prove ...

W.L. Gore & Associates has received FDA approval for the Gore Viabahn Fortegra Venous Stent — the first device indicated to treat deep venous disease in the inferior vena cava, as well as the iliac ...

The RELIEF ureteral stent has achieved FDA clearance as the first and only stent to have approval for the prevention of vesicoureteral reflux, a major cause of patient discomfort. RELIEF's unique ...

Adenocarcinoma of the bladder is rare, originating from glandular cells, and can be primary or secondary, requiring accurate diagnosis for appropriate treatment. Diagnosis involves cystoscopy, biopsy, ...

Editor's Note: This is an excerpt from WBUR's weekly health newsletter, CommonHealth. If you like what you read and want it in your inbox, sign up here. Bladder cancer hits men especially hard. The ...

What's a Ureteral Stent? A ureteral stent is a small plastic tube placed inside the ureter to help urine (pee) pass from a kidney into the bladder. A child may need a ureteral (yuh-REET-eh-rul) stent: ...

Signatera detects molecular residual disease in bladder cancer by identifying tumor DNA fragments in the bloodstream, even when not visible on scans. The IMvigor010 trial showed that Signatera-guided ...