As medical students, we were taught that gallstones typically occurred in “fat, flabby, fertile females” over the age of 40. Many of us thought this was a chauvinistic generalisation in a profession ...

The gallbladder is only a storage organ and bile is formed in the liver. It comprises cholesterol, bile acids, electrolytes, phospholipids and bilirubin. Bile salts from blood into bile is essential ...

Gallstones if remained undetected in the gallbladder can be annoying and painful. They can snatch away your peace and lower your quality of life. This, in turn, will take a toll on your productivity.

Pain in the upper right side or middle of the abdomen can indicate various health problems, but one of them is the presence of gallstones. The pain is often described as a sudden, intense, and ...

I’ve been diagnosed with gallstones. I read about a gallbladder “cleanse” that may get rid of gallstones. Is this safe? If it doesn’t work, what are the treatment options? I would like to avoid ...

Your gallbladder is a small, pear-shaped organ found under your liver. It holds a digestive fluid, called bile, that’s released into your small intestine through the bile duct. The most common problem ...

Activation of constitutive androstane receptors (CARs) reduces biliary cholesterol and prevents stone formation according to a new report in The American Journal of Pathology According to current ...