Surgery is not always necessary for gallstones but may be needed depending on symptom severity and/or the size of your ...

Bariatric surgery is widely acknowledged as an effective intervention for morbid obesity, offering significant and sustained weight loss. However, rapid weight reduction following these procedures is ...

Fact checked by Nick Blackmer Key Takeaways Gallstones might help doctors find fatty liver disease early.Both gallstones and ...

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

Inside the upper right part of your abdomen, below your liver, is a small, pear-shaped organ called the gallbladder (unless you’ve already had yours removed). The gallbladder’s job is to store and ...

Gallbladder surgery typically results in three or four small scars on your abdomen. These may disappear eventually, but you can take steps to help the healing process and minimize their appearance.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Men who consume large amounts of "heme" iron in their diets have an increased risk of developing gallstone disease, according to findings published in the American Journal ...