I was interested in the letter about the fail safe apple juice and oil flush for gallstones (WDDTY vol 7 no 11). ...
For a person who is not suitable for or doesn't want surgery, a number of different drugs are on offer which claim to dissolve gallstones. On the surface of it this seems like a much less aggressi ...
The latest bit of gee whizz technology, laparoscopic cholecystectomy (gallbladder removal), has been given US official "gold standard" treatment approval for gallstones, even though questions pers ...
It's easier to prevent gallstones than it is to get rid of them. And that means reducing the level of risk in the first place, or once gallstones have developed, making sure you stay away from foo ...
We know where they come from, we have a good idea what to do about many of them, yet gallstones are one of medicine's great travesties. Nearly one in every seven adults or 20 million Americans su ...
A high fat diet is not the only cause of gallstones. Increasingly, a number of drugs or conditions have been implicated in the formation of stones, which are, in the majority of cases, made up of ...