Gallbladder cancer is a rare and often aggressive malignancy that develops in the tissues of the gallbladder — a small, ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Despite concerns that one of the newer forms of birth control pill might carry a higher risk of gallbladder disease, a new study suggests that is not the case. It's been ...

The gallbladder is a small organ located in the right abdomen that releases bile to aid digestion. In rare cases, calcium deposits can cause the lining to become brittle and hard, a condition known as ...

Gallbladder removal surgery rarely leads to hormonal imbalance, but this is one potential risk. After gallbladder removal surgery (cholecystectomy), your body might feel a little off. You might be ...

Whether doctors can cure gallbladder cancer depends on how far it has spread. If the cancer has spread beyond the gallbladder, treatments may not cure it, but they can prolong a person’s life and help ...

Gallbladder cancer is a relatively rare cancer that’s usually diagnosed in an advanced stage. Symptoms often don’t appear until the cancer grows large or spreads. The American Cancer Society estimates ...

The most common treatment for gallstones is removing your gallbladder. The gallbladder is not an essential organ, which means that you can live normally without one. It is a storage organ for bile.

Well tomorrow I am having my gallbladder removed, hopefully via laproscopy. I need to have it removed because I have gallstones.<BR><BR>(For those who don't know, your gallbladder regulates bile in ...