News tagged with gallbladder
An easier way to remove gallstones
For more than 100 years, the traditional treatment for the painful growths called gallstones has been removal of the gallbladder, or cholecystectomy. But a new device, patented in China, promises to make removing the entire ...
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Jan 17, 2012 |
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Pain characteristics suggest higher benefit from gallbladder surgery
According to a new study in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, better understanding of a patient's abdominal pain could help physicians know which patients will benefit most from surgical removal of the gallbladder. Clinic ...
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Oct 12, 2011 |
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Study highlights impact of sleep deprivation on patients and health care providers
A new UCLA study shows that physicians who work shorter shifts are less likely to make mistakes during medical procedures.
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Dec 21, 2011 |
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Gallbladder shown as potential stem cell source for regenerative liver and metabolic disease
A new study presented today at the International Liver Congress 2012 indicates the potential for gallbladder tissue (which is routinely discarded from organ donors and surgical interventions) to be a highly available candidate ...
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Apr 19, 2012 |
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Bilirubin protects against heart disease
(Medical Xpress) -- There's new hope for the fight against cancer and cardiovascular disease, following breakthrough research identifying a pigment in our bile.
Cardiology
Jun 26, 2012 |
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New database aims to improve emergency general surgery care and outcomes
Researchers at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, NC, have successfully created and implemented an emergency general surgery registry (EGSR) that will advance the science of acute surgical care by allowing ...
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Feb 06, 2012 |
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Gattex approved for short bowel syndrome
(HealthDay)—Gattex (teduglutide) has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat nutritional problems caused by short bowel syndrome.
Medications
Dec 22, 2012 |
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Gallbladder
In vertebrates the gallbladder (cholecyst, gall bladder, Biliary Vesicle) is a small organ that aids mainly in fat digestion and concentrates bile produced by the liver. In humans the loss of the gallbladder is usually easily tolerated.
For more information about Gallbladder, read the full article at
Wikipedia.
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