Many people think of the gallbladder as a "secondary" organ in the body. In fact, it plays an important role in the digestive process: it stores ...

A high-fat diet, obesity, older age, and rapid weight loss can increase your risk of gallbladder disease. Gallstones are the ...

Most gallbladder diseases progress with little symptoms. By the time you feel pain, you often already have stones or polyps in your gallbladder. Representative gallbladder diseases include ' ...

You may be told for the first time that you have stones in your gallbladder during an abdominal ultrasound at a health ...

The next time you complain of gastric pain, think twice before dismissing it offhand. That sporadic pain in the centre of your upper central abdomen, which seems to get worse at times, could be a ...

A new case series of 15 children shows that gallbladder abnormalities in Kawasaki disease are frequently underdiagnosed, ...

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 ...

Gallbladder problems are common, but in recent years health care providers have noticed a noticeable rise in gallbladder cases. Christina Arp, nurse practitioner with Prisma Health General Surgery, ...

Ozempic® can cause gallbladder diseases, including gallstones and gallbladder inflammation. Gallbladder problems are rare — 0.4 to 1.5 percent of people in clinical trials report gallstones on ...

Stabbing pain after gallbladder removal can signal a complication. Examples of these include bile leakage or bile duct injury, retained gallstones, or post-cholecystectomy syndrome. The gallbladder is ...