Clear kidney stone education for patients and the clinicians who care for them.
StoneSense creates simple, evidence-informed guides that help patients understand why stones form, what testing matters, and how prevention becomes more targeted.
Built for real clinic conversations — not generic handouts.
Our approach
- · 01 Evidence-informed
- · 02 Patient-readable
- · 03 Clinician-developed
- · 04 Guideline-based
- · 05 No product sales
StoneSense educational content is intended to support conversations with a qualified healthcare clinician. It is not a substitute for personal medical advice.
Section 01 · Start here
Start where you are.
Whether you recently had a stone or you care for stone patients every week, StoneSense is built to make prevention easier to understand and easier to explain.
In plain language Two paths below — one for patients, one for the clinicians who treat them. Pick whichever fits you.
If you've had a stone
Understand what actually drives kidney stone risk.
Learn why stones are not always random, why testing matters, and why prevention is more than simply drinking more water.
Start LearningIf you treat stone patients
Give patients better education without adding clinic time.
Request printed StoneSense guides for your practice and help patients leave with clearer next steps.
Request MaterialsGuide No. 01 · 8 pages · Saddle-stitched · Uncoated
Available now · Guide No. 01
Top 5 Kidney Stone Myths.
A short patient guide covering the prevention mistakes that keep patients confused, frustrated, and at risk for recurrence.
What this guide does Names five things patients are commonly told that aren't quite right — and replaces each with the real, evidence-based answer.
Many patients leave a stone episode with incomplete or misleading advice: avoid calcium, try a stone dissolver, skip testing, drink lemon water, and hope it doesn't happen again.
StoneSense Guide No. 01 explains five common myths in plain language and points patients back to the real question:
Why did this stone form?
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Myth · 01
"I need to reduce calcium."
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Myth · 02
"I can dissolve my stone."
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Myth · 03
"I do not need testing."
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Myth · 04
"I probably will not get another stone."
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Myth · 05
"I just need to drink more lemon water."
For clinicians and practices
Patient education your clinic can actually use.
StoneSense guides are designed for urology clinics, stone prevention programs, advanced practice providers, nurses, dietitians, and primary care teams who want clearer kidney stone prevention education for patients.
If you treat stone patients Short, visual guides built around the questions patients already ask. Free to request. No account required.
Most printed stone prevention materials are either too generic, too dense, or too easy for patients to ignore. StoneSense is different: short, visual, practical, and built around the questions patients already ask.
Use StoneSense materials to reinforce counseling, support 24-hour urine testing, reduce repetitive explanations, and give patients something useful to take home.
Save counseling time
Give patients a clear explanation they can review after the visit.
Improve consistency
Help every patient hear the same core prevention message across physicians, NPs, PAs, nurses, and dietitians.
Support better follow-through
Make testing, recurrence risk, and targeted prevention easier for patients to understand.
Look professional
Use clean, credible materials that reflect well on your practice.
More guides in development
A growing library, built around the questions patients actually ask.
The goal is to build a practical education library that answers the questions patients ask after a kidney stone.
Heads up These guides are not yet available. Subscribe below and we'll let you know when each one is ready.
What is a 24-hour urine test?
Why your clinician asked, what gets measured, and how the results actually change your prevention plan.
Coming soonCalcium, oxalate, and kidney stones
A practical guide to the foods that actually affect stone risk — and the ones that don't.
Coming soonCitrate and stone prevention
Why citrate matters, where it comes from, and how to know if you might need more.
Coming soonSodium and urine calcium
How everyday sodium intake quietly drives stone-forming calcium in the urine.
Coming soonWhat to ask after your first stone
A short list of the questions worth bringing to your follow-up visit.
Coming soonStone prevention basics course
A short, self-paced course for patients who want to go deeper than the booklet.
In developmentGet updates
Hear about new guides as they're released.
No newsletter. No marketing. Just a short note when a new resource is published — about once a quarter.
About StoneSense
Why StoneSense exists.
Kidney stone prevention is often explained too quickly, too vaguely, or too late.
Patients are told to drink more water, avoid certain foods, or wait and see. But many never learn what type of stone they had, whether testing is needed, or which risk factors are actually driving recurrence.
StoneSense was created to close that education gap. Our materials are designed to be clear enough for patients, useful enough for clinicians, and practical enough for real-world clinic visits.
Transparency
Clear education, transparent support.
StoneSense is an independent educational initiative supported by LithoLyte Health. StoneSense does not sell products through this website. Our educational materials are intended to support patient–clinician conversations and are not a substitute for medical care.
StoneSense is not affiliated with or endorsed by the American Urological Association.
One last thing
Make kidney stone prevention easier to understand.
Start with the first StoneSense patient guide, or request printed copies for your practice.
evidence based · Starter kit Free for clinics