Sharp, solid stones form inside the human body more often than you might think. Watch and listen to episode two of The ...

Your gallbladder is a small organ that can cause big problems if you don’t take care of it. When working properly, this pouch—the size of a deflated balloon—stores bile produced by the liver. It ...

Gallbladder stones, or gallstones, are hardened deposits of digestive fluids formed in the gallbladder. The gallbladder is a small organ located beneath the liver, which stores bile—a digestive fluid ...

The human body, it turns out, is surprisingly good at making stone.Authors Katie Edwards Commissioning Editor, Health + Medicine and Host of Strange ...

Unlike the heart or the lungs, the gallbladder is one of those organs about which people know next to nothing. And no wonder, the gallbladder is little more than a storage sack. What it stores is bile ...

When we talk about stones forming inside the body, we often talk about two types of stones - one is kidney stone, and the other is gallbladder stone. While both sound similar, and indeed are to a ...

Both gallstones and kidney stones can be very painful. Gallstones are deposits of digestive fluid, while kidney stones are crystals formed from chemicals in the urine. Both types of stones may pass.

Have you ever felt a sudden, sharp pain in your stomach and wondered if it's something to be concerned about? Abdominal pain can be unsettling, especially when you're unsure of the cause. Gallstones ...

Surgery is the most effective treatment for gallstones. Nonsurgical treatments are options if surgery is too risky. Healthy ...

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 ...

Researchers analysed data from the Epidemiological Study of Prostate Cancer (EPICAP), a population-based case-control study conducted in the Hérault department, France, between 2012 and 2013, to ...

There are different types of kidney stones, including calcium stones, which are the most common. Next is the struvite stones caused by infections, uric acid stones linked to diet and metabolic issues, ...