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

For those experiencing unexplained upper abdominal pain, doctors recommend seeking medical advice instead of self-medicating ...

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

Medically reviewed by Qin Rao, MD Noticing grey poop may come as a surprise, but it's not always an emergency. Grey poop occasionally happens when you take certain medications for long periods. More ...

Patients aged 1–17 years who received CTX treatment were included in the study. The inclusion criterion was gallbladder imaging [ultrasound or computed tomography (CT)] within two weeks of CTX therapy ...

The gallbladder is a small organ that plays a vital role in digesting the foods you eat. You may need to follow a gallbladder diet if you have gallstones or if your gallbladder is inflamed or infected ...

But after a couple of years of work, xMEMS has arrived at the next generation — ultrasound through a solid-state speaker. This tiny, 1mm-thin speaker is called Cypress, and after listening to it ...

None of the patients in our study had any evidence of malignancy either clinically or on ultrasound examination ... revealed adenocarcinoma of gallbladder in six patients. One tumor was in ...

During the ESWL procedure, ultrasound or X-ray imaging is used to target the gallstones. A lithotripter device creates shock waves that break the gallstones into smaller pieces that can then pass ...

The device delivers ultrasound energy to the patient’s pancreas and generates localized heat of up to 100 degrees Celsius that destroys cancer cells in the organ. Other types of ultrasound waves ...