Cattle gallstones are valuable due to their use in Chinese medicine. Some stones sell for twice the price of gold.

Albay is home to the first Endoscopy Unit with Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS) in Bicol Region, Southern Luzon and Visayas. EUS ...

A Redditor who endured months of what they thought was heartburn was shocked to find out it was actually gallstones. For more ...

Recent research has focused on comparing different endoscopic techniques, particularly endoscopic ultrasound-guided gallbladder drainage (EUS-GBD) and percutaneous gallbladder drainage (PT-GBD ...

A "fit and healthy" dad has been given just months to live after going to his doctor over pains in his stomach. Stewart ...

The need for therapy seems justified by the high prevalence of occult gallstone disease in patients with IAP and the high false-negative rate of ultrasound and microscopic bile analysis for the ...

Stewart has been told he is a very rare case for someone so young and otherwise fit and healthy, and he and partner Alannah, ...

He decided to visit the out-of-hours practice the following day after a bad bout of pain, and medics ordered an ultrasound, ...

Imaging scans use different technologies to determine the presence and location of gallstones. Ultrasound: An abdominal ultrasound is the best noninvasive test for detecting gallstones in the ...

Most gallbladder polyps (growths) are asymptomatic, and many people do not realize they have them until they have an abdominal imaging test (e.g., ultrasound). However, larger polyps may impair ...

Gangrenous cholecystitis is considered a medical emergency, requiring surgical removal of the gallbladder. An imaging test that allows for the visualization of bile movement through the bile duct ...