Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was recently released from the hospital after being diagnosed and treated for acute cholecystitis — a benign gallbladder condition. While acute cholecystitis ...

Your gallbladder may seem like a mysterious part of your body. What does it do, anyway? Until you have gallbladder pain, you may not even consider it much. The gallbladder is shaped like a pear. It's ...

The gallbladder is an organ beneath the liver that stores bile, which is secreted by the liver and then released into the intestine. Produced by the liver to digest fat, bile helps the body absorb fat ...

When your gallbladder is blocked and you’re unable to release bile, your gallbladder is at risk of getting infected or swollen. This causes cholecystitis and oftentimes calls for a cholecystostomy if ...

Gallbladder pain during pregnancy? Hormones may be to blame. Here's how to get relief, stay safe, and know when to call your provider.

Cases of gall bladder cancer have doubled in British people aged between 24 and 49 in the past three decades The surge in cases of cancer in the under-50s has made many of us worry, with bowel, breast ...

Persistent neck and shoulder pain might stem from your gallbladder, not just muscles. Dr. Eric Berg reveals how poor diet thickens bile, congesting the gallbladder and irritating the phrenic nerve, ...

Bile is a liquid produced by the liver that helps your body digest fats from the food you eat. It is stored in the gallbladder and empties into your intestines during digestion. You may have heard ...

Gallbladder cancer Gallbladder cancer is the cancer of this organ that affects around 670 people each year and affects women more commonly than men. The cancer affects people over 50 more commonly and ...