News tagged with cholesterol gallstones

A risk factor of gallstone formation after radical gastrectomy

The incidence of gallstones is higher in patients after radical gastrectomy than in the general population. The current literature suggests that this higher incidence is related to gallbladder motility disorder after surgery. ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jun 02, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Long-term statin use associated with decreased risk of gallstones requiring surgery

Use of the cholesterol-lowering drugs statins for more than a year is associated with a reduced risk of having gallstones requiring surgery, according to a study in the November 11 issue of JAMA.

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Genetically engineered mice don't get obese (w/Podcast)

Obesity and gallstones often go hand in hand. But not in mice developed at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. Even when these mice eat high-fat diets, they don't get fat, but they do develop ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created May 07, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 2




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Treat yourself, in moderation: How much is enough?

Humans, perhaps Americans in particular, tend to share a certain creed that goes something like this: If one is good, two are better.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Feb 25, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 2

Cholesterol's other way out

Many of us are simply overloaded with cholesterol, and now a report in the July issue of Cell Metabolism brings what might be good news: There is more than one way to get rid of that cholesterol, which can otherwise lead t ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Jul 07, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Typhoid fever bacteria collect on gallstones to perpetuate disease

A new study suggests that the bacteria that cause typhoid fever collect in tiny but persistent communities on gallstones, making the infection particularly hard to fight in so-called "carriers" - people who have the disease ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Feb 22, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Surgeons remove gall bladder through belly button to prevent scars

(PhysOrg.com) -- Surgeons at The Methodist Hospital in Houston are removing gall bladders through a single incision in the belly button to prevent scarring for patients with gall stones. The procedure also has the potential ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Sep 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Study indicates cancer preventive effect for statins

The commonly used prescription statin drugs may have a protective effect in the prevention of liver cancer and lead to a reduction in the need for gallbladder removals, according to two studies published in Gastroenterology. As mil ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created May 05, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Is metabolic character different between men and women with gallstone disease?

There are a cluster of metabolic syndrome, that include obesity, high level of fasting plasma glucose, hypertriglyceridemia and hypertension, which is closely associated with the increased morbidity and mortality caused by ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Apr 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New genes present drug targets for managing cholesterol and glucose levels

Scientists have identified 12 new genes that are somewhat strange bedfellows: Some link gallstones and blood cholesterol levels, others link melatonin and sleep patterns to small increases in glucose levels and larger jumps ...

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Dec 07, 2008 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Exercise pill is no replacement for exercise

Recently, researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, a research organization focused on biology and its relation to health, published a study in the journal Cell on the results of a substance that increased exerc ...

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created Aug 05, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (6) | comments 1

U of I study: exercise to avoid gallstones

A new University of Illinois study shows that exercise-trained mice get far fewer gallstones than sedentary mice and identifies potential mechanisms to explain why this occurs.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Feb 13, 2008 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Research team discovers gallstone gene

Scientists at the University of Bonn, together with colleagues from Romania, have discovered a gene variant that significantly increases the risk of developing gallstones.

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Jul 11, 2007 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0


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