Eating more fruits and vegetables can help prevent gallstones. You should avoid foods high in saturated and trans fats to lower gallstone risk. Drinking too many sugar-sweetened beverages can increase ...

Gallstones are more common than you think — and often triggered by everyday habits. Here’s why they form, how to spot the symptoms, and when surgery becomes necessary (Image: Pexels) Cholelithiasis, ...

Sometimes it is hard to know what is going on inside your body. Though, stomach pain and/or discomfort can be alarming but that pain can be dismissed for minor stomach issues. The problem arises when ...

Gallbladder pain is often caused by gallstones blocking bile ducts. Treatment for gallbladder pain depends on the cause, but may involve medication, dietary changes, or surgical removal of the ...

Gallstones may be tiny, but their impact can be huge. Learn how lifestyle, diet, and weight management play a key role in preventing gallbladder attacks. (Image: Pexels) Despite being small, ...

Gallstones, common solid deposits in the gallbladder, often cause no symptoms but can lead to inflammation and, rarely, gallbladder cancer. Chronic inflammation from gallstones, especially larger ones ...

Gallstones in young adults: Understand the causes, recognise symptoms, and learn about treatment options and prevention strategies from a doctor's expert insights. Kidney stones and gallstones can put ...

Dear N.W.: Gallstones are common (6% of men and 9% of women will get one over a lifetime) and are mostly composed of bile salts and cholesterol. The goal of treatment is to reduce symptoms and the ...

A new study has found a connection between cholesterol-rich gallstones exposed to toxic metals and gallbladder cancer (GBC) in Assam, one of the most affected regions globally. The study, led by a ...

Cholesterol synthesis and gallstone formation are promoted by trimethylamine-N-oxide (TMAO), a derivative of trimethylamine, which is a metabolite of gut microbiota. However, the underlying mechanisms ...

Gut microbiota produce trimethylamine, which enters the liver via the portal circulation and is primarily oxidized by FMO3 to produce TMAO. TMAO upregulates hepatic PCSK9 gene expression while ...

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 gold.