A 1933 UK shilling. The shilling is a unit of currency formerly used in the United Kingdom, Australia, United States, and other British Commonwealth countries. The word shilling comes from scilling, an accounting term that dates back to Anglo-Saxon times, and from there back to Old Norse, where it means division.
Kidney stone disease. (Redirected from Kidney stone) Kidney stone disease, also known as urolithiasis, is when a solid piece of material (kidney stone) occurs in the urinary tract. Kidney stones typically form in the kidney and leave the body in the urine stream. A small stone may pass without causing symptoms.
Hyperuricemia, an abnormally high level of uric acid in your body, can cause a type of kidney stone and exacerbate gout if excess uric acid forms painful crystals in joints.esearchers found that the association between high blood pressure and high uric acid in the blood was more evident in people with the highest HDL -- or good -- cholesterol levels. This led them to conclude that HDL cholesterol might modify uric acid in the blood, but more research is needed.