The presence of gallstone disease may be a harbinger of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC), researchers suggest after showing an association between the two in a SEER-Medicare database analysis.

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

You likely already know that gallstones can be notoriously painful and disproportionately affect women. But if you’re wondering what their symptoms look like—and how some can be relatively mild while ...

What Are the Symptoms of Gallstones? Gallstones may or may not cause symptoms. In fact, you likely won't know you have them until one gets stuck in one of your ducts, which are the tubes that carry ...

Why has this 70-year-old woman with gallstones had abdominal pain, nausea, and vomiting for the past 3 days? That is the diagnostic dilemma faced by Francesco Pata, MD, PhD, of Università della ...

A history of gallstone disease was linked to a 23 percent increased risk of developing coronary heart disease. Preventing gallstone disease may also benefit heart health, say researchers. A history of ...

How Do I Know if I Have Gallstones? If your symptoms suggest a gallstone problem, your doctor might first examine your skin for jaundice, and then feel your abdomen to check for tenderness. A blood ...

GALLSTONES can grow over many years into solid stones which block the bile duct leading to the gallbladder. Taking notice of sudden pain in and around your back, chest or shoulder could help you catch ...

Cholelithiasis is increasingly encountered in childhood and adolescence due to the rise in obesity. As in adults, weight loss is presumed to be an important risk factor for cholelithiasis in children, ...

Gallstones form in the gallbladder, a bile-storing organ, and can be as tiny as a grain of sand or as big as a golf ball. They’re hard and unsurprisingly, they can be painful and can cause nausea and ...

For decades, doctors have known that gallstones assemble and grow from cholesterol and calcium crystals as the salts accumulate and stick together in bile – the yellowish-brown fluid that helps break ...