In the United States and around the world, gallstones and gallbladder disease is on the rise. About twenty million Americans, ...

In 1981, the National Cooperative Gallstone Study established the efficacy and safety of CDCA therapy. [26] Although gallstones could be dissolved by oral administration of CDCA, its efficacy was low.

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 ...

Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) is a noninvasive procedure that uses high-energy sound waves to break up gallstones into smaller pieces so they can easily pass through your bile ducts.

Boston Scientific is diving into the field of intravascular lithotripsy, with a $664 million deal to pick up Bolt Medical and its hardware for breaking through hardened and clogged arteries.

Bolt is developing a laser-based intravascular lithotripsy (IVL) platform to treat coronary and peripheral artery disease. Boston Scientific said it initially developed the concept for the Bolt IVL ...