Medically reviewed by Jay N. Yepuri, MD Primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) is a progressive scarring of the liver's bile ...

Type I lesions involve the common hepatic duct (CHD) immediately below the confluence; type II tumors involve the CHD and extend to the confluence but not beyond; type IIIa masses involve the CHD ...

Thousands of young and seemingly healthy Britons are at risk of a once-rare form of aggressive liver cancer because GPs are ...

It began with an intermittent pain under my right rib.  It was 2021 and I was 48, too busy living life to take this unusual ...

Luo et al. show in zebrafish and mouse that, upon intrahepatic biliary duct damage, gallbladder smooth muscle cells migrate to the common hepatic duct, where they produce retinoic acid to promote ...

Gallstone disease is the most common disorder affecting the biliary system, the body's system of transporting bile. Gallstones are solid, pebble-like masses that form in the gallbladder or the biliary ...

Results of statewide demographics, cancer cases and linear regression analyses for examined variables.

Low levels of traffic-related air pollution harms the liver and may raise the risk of metabolic-associated fatty liver disease, a new study in mice suggests. Long-term exposure to low levels of ...

A watery eye may not be noticed until 1 or 2 months old. Reason: that's when the eye starts making more tears. A blocked tear duct is common. It happens in 10% of newborns. Both sides are blocked 30% ...

Hepatic fibrosis is the common result of injury to the liver from a variety of damaging mechanisms, and the accurate assessment of the degree of fibrosis is clinically important. For many years ...

One reason that tonsils may grow back is that one of the operations to remove them is a partial tonsillectomy. Only removing ...