Albay is home to the first Endoscopy Unit with Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS) in Bicol Region, Southern Luzon and Visayas. EUS ...

Gangrenous cholecystitis is considered a medical emergency, requiring surgical removal of the gallbladder. An imaging test that allows for the visualization of bile movement through the bile duct ...

Bladder cancer has a cure rate of over 90% when detected early, but it has a high recurrence rate of 70%, necessitating continuous monitoring. Late detection often requires major surgeries ...

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SINGAPORE – A combination of two existing chemotherapy drugs has been used to fight bladder cancer successfully for the first time in Singapore. This new union of the two “off-label” drugs ...

The American Cancer Society’s estimates for cancer of the gallbladder and nearby large bile ducts in the United States for 2025 are: About 12,610 new cases diagnosed: 6,040 in men and 6,570 in women ...

The gallbladder is a small organ that plays a vital role in digesting the foods you eat. You may need to follow a gallbladder diet if you have gallstones or if your gallbladder is inflamed or infected ...

A new paper by a team of Concordia researchers from the departments of Biology and Physics proposes a novel method of fighting cancer tumors that uses ultrasound-guided microbubbles - a technology ...

Bladder cancer is one of the most common type of cancer in the UK, with over 10,000 people diagnosed every year. And it is the eighth most common cancer in men. The University of Sheffield and ...

A man who was diagnosed with cancer twice in just over a year has praised a new non-invasive ultrasound treatment which saved his life after enduring the "hell" of chemotherapy. Stuart Emerson ...

Stuart Emerson said he owes his life to "miracle" radiation treatment A man who was diagnosed with cancer twice in just over a year has praised a new non-invasive ultrasound treatment which saved ...