It is not uncommon to be told during an abdominal ultrasound as part of a health checkup that you have gallstones. Gallstones ...

Fried foods do not cause gallstones to appear at once; however, they can trigger symptoms in individuals who already have ...

A case report of severe leptospirosis in a 35-year-old farmer found that Weil’s syndrome can mimic acute cholangitis despite ...

Pain in the pit of the stomach (the hollow area just below the breastbone) or in the upper right abdomen is often dismissed ...

When pain strikes in the upper abdomen or around the solar plexus, most people reach for a digestive aid, assuming they have ...

A five-year audit of 1,443 procedures at Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital shows that drainage and decompression ...

After lunch yesterday, I was struck by sudden abdominal pain.The onset was in the early afternoon of October 21st. About an ...

The FDA approved bepirovirsen as the first antisense oligonucleotide for chronic hepatitis B virus infection, alongside existing antiviral therapy for eligible adults without cirrhosis. NASHVILLE, ...

Gallbladder disease includes several conditions that affect your gallbladder, such as gallstones, cholecystitis (inflammation), cancer, and other issues. Inflammation often happens when gallstones ...

For most parents of young children, exhaustion comes with the territory. Between middle-of-the-night wake-ups, constant snack demands, and last-minute playdates, running on fumes is pretty much the ...

Kidney stones are solid masses made of crystals that form in the urinary tract. They develop when urine becomes too concentrated, allowing minerals like calcium, uric acid, struvite, or cystine to ...

Biliary tract disease describes any disease that affects the biliary tract the gall bladder, bile ducts and accompanying structures. Examples include primary sclerosing cholangitis, secondary ...