According to him Gallstones typically cause excruciating pain on the right side and in the middle of the upper abdomen, which is typically located beneath the right rib cage margin. This ache may ...

The digestive system comprises several organs, all working in concert to turn the food you eat into energy. But sometimes, illness or injury can lead to a digestive disease that threatens your ...

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

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

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

First, considering its convenience and cost-effectiveness, the OBS can be used as a preliminary evaluation for gallstone risk in the healthy check-ups. From our results, it is recommended that ...

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 ...