The gallbladder plays a quiet but critical role in digestion, and when this organ malfunctions, it sends specific distress signals that require attention.

Gallbladder stones, prevalent in India, especially among women, can lead to severe complications like biliary colic, obstructive j... Read More Gallbladder stones, prevalent in India, especially among ...

Unlike the heart or the lungs, the gallbladder is one of those organs about which people know next to nothing. And no wonder, the gallbladder is little more than a storage sack. What it stores is bile ...

Gallstone Diet: When small, crystal-like stones develop inside the gallbladder, they are known as gallbladder stones or gallstones. Here's how you can prevent these stones with the help of food. When ...

Gallstones, common solid deposits in the gallbladder, often cause no symptoms but can lead to inflammation and, rarely, gallbladder cancer. Chronic inflammation from gallstones, especially larger ones ...

A non-surgical procedure that uses shock waves to break up gallbladder stones has shown early promise bringing relief for some of the estimated 25 million Americans who have gallstones. The procedure, ...

Sudden pain often feels localised in the upper right abdomen after taking fatty foods and may last for minutes to hours. This symptom indicates problems related to gallstones.

Doctors in India were flabbergasted after extracting 382 stones from the gallbladder of a woman who’d been complaining of back pain for months. The patient, named Yashoda Bai, from Harraiya village, ...

Last year, there was a 15% annual increase in the operations and surgeons want more research.

The gallbladder is only a storage organ and bile is formed in the liver. It comprises cholesterol, bile acids, electrolytes, phospholipids and bilirubin. Bile salts from blood into bile is essential ...