Gallstones are broadly classified into 2 major types: cholesterol stones and pigment stones, with the former type being the most common. 5 They can develop either in the gallbladder or in the bile ...

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 ...

A pooled prevalence of 14.9% was estimated, though high heterogeneity (I² = 92.3%) was observed. Stratified analyses revealed that prevalence varied based on gallstone definition (10.6% for ...

In Uruguay, home to the highest number of cattle per capita in the world, a brother and his sister were sentenced to prison in September for trafficking over $3 million in bovine gallstones to ...

Dr. Sandeep Aggarwal explained which kind of shoulder pain is a sign of gallstone, and the additional signs that we should be aware of. Gallstones are deposits of cholesterol, bilirubin ...

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BARRETOS, Brazil—In the dead of night at a slaughterhouse in Brazil’s southeastern farming belt, a group of men splattered in blood gathered around the entrails of a cow to see if they had hit ...

Biliary colic can occur when a gallstone blocks the duct of the gallbladder ... Any that are larger than 1 centimeter (cm) are more likely to become cancerous. Polyps that are already malignant ...