Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology, MCP Hahnemann University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Chief, Division of Internal Medicine, Department ...

Of the total 3,841 registered inhabitants of the community of Römerstein six years of age or older, 66.6% (n = 2,560) participated in the initial survey in 1996. Excluded from the study were 145 ...

The gallbladder is a small digestive organ, which stores bile to break down fats during digestion. Gallbladder problems create painful symptoms that patients need to seek medical help for right away.

Gallbladder stones, or gallstones, are hardened deposits of digestive fluids formed in the gallbladder. The gallbladder is a small organ located beneath the liver, which stores bile—a digestive fluid ...

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 ...