Gallbladder cancer is a highly aggressive condition with vague symptoms, often leading to late diagnosis. Risk factors ...

Cells have surface receptors called integrins that bind to repetitive domains present on the extracellular matrix (ECM) surrounding the cells, allowing them to grow and spread. A new study from the ...

17."At eight years old, I got my period. Obviously concerned about how young I was, my mom took me to the doctor. The doctor ...

High bilirubin levels increase the risk of developing bilirubin gallstones—a type of gallstone more prevalent in Sickle Cell ...

Small stones can be removed easily or may ... Elevated liver function tests can signal gallbladder disease. Ultrasound is the imaging method of choice for diagnosis. Surgical and gastrointestinal ...

Included in this prospective study cohort were all patients with CBDS and gallbladder stones treated with laparoscopic ... Follow-up assessment using ultrasound was carried out in 3 to 24 months ...

Most people with gallbladder polyps do not experience symptoms. Doctors usually discover the polyps incidentally on ultrasound or CT scans. Although some gallbladder polyps can develop into cancer ...

How did I not think of that?! "They gave me a bunch of meds, then took me to ultrasound, and yep. Gallstones, and actually stones stuck in the neck that would not clear, which is why the pain ...

Nevertheless, the relationship between GHR and the risk of gallbladder stones remains unclear. This study investigates the possible relationship between GHR and the incidence of gallbladder stones.

The Stone of Madness may be set in the 18th century, a full 350 years on from Umberto Eco's masterful monastic mystery The Name of the Rose, yet the game is clearly indebted to the literary ...