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 ...

National Health Service surgeons perform more than 40,000 gallstone operations - cholecystectomies - each year. Here one patient and her surgeon explains the procedure ...

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DEAR DR. ROACH: What advice do you have for the treatment of gallstones? — N.W.

DEAR DR. ROACH: I was vaccinated as a child with the combination MMR vaccine. My husband and I are expecting a new grandchild. My friend advised me that we, as ...