News tagged with gallbladder diseases

Gallbladder cancer may be linked to estrogens

A very aggressive disease with a poor prognosis, gallbladder cancer may be connected to higher exposure to estrogens, according to a group of researchers at the University of Houston (UH).

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Aug 16, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Serum bile acid profiling for inflammatory bowel disease characterization

Based on serum bank material, BA profiling was applied in IBD patients and healthy controls which showed that most but not all BA species were decreased to a different extent in CD and UC. BA decreases were highly pronounced ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Jul 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Gallbladder removal through vagina offers minimally invasive alternative

Physicians at Northwestern Memorial Hospital successfully removed a patient's gallbladder through the vagina, making them the first in the Midwest and the third in the country to perform the innovative procedure. The technique, ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Feb 25, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0