PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- A Frankford woman found out the hard way not to ignore stomach pain. Shakina Hawkins said she feared going to the hospital because of the pandemic and because of that her ...

Surgeons found the gallstone was so big that it took up most of the space in his gallbladder — the organ that stores bile, ...

1. Jill Duggar revealed she had surgery to remove her gallbladder, a common procedure that's associated with gallstones, one month after giving birth to her third child. 2. Common symptoms of ...

In a remarkable advancement, scientists have unveiled certain blood markers that may enable the early detection of ...

Gallbladder cancer is a rare and often aggressive malignancy that develops in the tissues of the gallbladder — a small, ...

The gallbladder is a small, grape sized, organ attached to the digestive tract. It secretes a fluid called bile into it in response to a meal. Bile emulsifies dietary fats by increasing their exposure ...

Hard, pebble-like gallstones may range in size from a grain of sand to a golf ball. A person could have one large gallstone or lots of smaller ones inside their gallbladder. Gallstones affect about 10 ...

Your gallbladder is a small organ below your liver that stores bile, a green-yellow liquid that helps your digestive system. When something is blocking the bile duct, such as a gallstone, pain can ...

In most people, gall bladders quietly go about their task of secreting bile into the small intestine to aid in digestion of fats. Sometimes, though, cholesterol in the gall bladder can form crystals ...

Rapid weight loss is also associated with a higher risk of gallstones, especially in those who have undergone bariatric ...

Go ahead, name three organs... "Gallbladder" probably wasn't on that list at all—even though, you know, the word "gall" is in that headline up there. This organ in the upper-right part of your abdomen ...

Discover the serious yet rare side effects of Ozempic, including pancreatitis, thyroid cancer, and more, plus expert insights ...