She then went on to tell her story. Back in 2018, when she was one month postpartum, she started experiencing pain. She ...

Medically reviewed by Doru Paul, MDGallbladder cancer develops in the tissues of the gallbladder—a small, pear-shaped organ ...

The gallbladder is a small, grape sized, organ attached to the digestive tract. It secretes a fluid called bile into it in ...

When you eat a meal containing fats, your gallbladder releases bile into the small intestine to break down those fats, depending on how much you have consumed. (1, 2) Gallstones occur when hard ...

The FDA has approved a new drug, zanidatamab, for adults with advanced biliary tract cancer, or BTC. Marketed under the brand name Ziihera, it is a first-of-a-kind treatment for patients with ...

Follow-up tests revealed Towle had bile duct cancer, also called cholangiocarcinoma, a rare cancer that forms on the network ...

Cholangiocarcinoma is a rare form of bile duct cancer which affects upwards of 1,000 Brits every year, and can display an ...

Removing a gallbladder involves rerouting the bile from the liver to the small intestine. The immediate result is a laxative effect that may cause diarrhea, but this should resolve for most people.

After surgery, bile flows from the liver (where it is made) through the common bile duct and into the small intestine. Because the gallbladder has been removed, the body can no longer store bile ...

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