Sudden, agonizing abdominal pain could signal gallstones, particularly common in women. These calcified bile deposits, ranging from sand-sized to golf ball-sized, often go unnoticed until they cause ...

SAN FRANCISCO, CA—The use of cutting and noncompliant balloons for lesion preparation appears to provide results similar to those achieved with Shockwave intravascular lithotripsy (IVL; Shockwave ...

Dear N.W.: Gallstones are common (6% of men and 9% of women will get one over a lifetime) and are mostly composed of bile salts and cholesterol. The goal of treatment is to reduce symptoms and the ...

In this edition of Daily Dose, a viewer asks what the best hospital in Oklahoma is for getting gallstones removed. Dr. Lacy Anderson said that for Oklahomans suffering from gallstones, the good news ...

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BARRETOS, Brazil—In the dead of night at a slaughterhouse in Brazil’s southeastern farming belt, a group of men splattered in blood gathered around the entrails of a cow to see if they had hit gold.

You might not think about your gallbladder often. But if something goes wrong with this small organ, symptoms such as intense pain will likely catch your attention. Gallbladder disease is an umbrella ...

Gallstones are relatively common, affecting about 10 percent of adults. But only 20 percent of these cases are large enough to cause problems and require further treatment. A gallstone is a hard piece ...

Abdominal pain associated with gallstones does not always subside after the gallbladder is removed (cholecystectomy). Even five years after surgery, one-third of patients still experience persisting ...

(A) ABC transporters: The normal functioning of ABCG8/ABCG5, ABCB4, and ABCB11 enables the transport of cholesterol, bile acids, and lipids into bile (left). Mutations in any of these result in ...

JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI—According to an Atlas Obscura report, a “porcelain gallbladder” has been identified among a woman's 100-year-old bones exhumed from the cemetery at the site of the Mississippi ...