Gallstones
Provides general information about gallstones, including causes, risk factors, diagnosis, and treatment.
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Gallstone - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In medicine, gallstones (choleliths) are crystalline bodies formed within the body by accretion or concretion of normal or abnormal bile components. ...
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Gallstones: MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia
Gallstones are hard, pebble-like deposits that form inside the gallbladder. Gallstones may be as small as a grain of sand or as large as a golf ball. ...
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000273.htm...
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WIN - Publication - Dieting and Gallstones
Most people with gallstones do not know that they have them and experience no symptoms. These people may have painless gallstones, or silent gallstones. ...
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Gallstones: MedlinePlus
The primary NIH organization for research on Gallstones is the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases ...
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Gallstones: Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders: Merck Manual Home ...
Most disorders of the gallbladder and bile ducts result from gallstones. Gallstones are more common among women and among certain groups of people, ...
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Gallstones and gallbladder disease - Symptoms
About 90% of gallstones cause no symptoms. There is a very small (2%) chance of developing pain during the first 10 years after gallstones form. ...
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What are gallstones?
Gallstones. National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse. National ... What are gallstones? Gallstones are small, pebble-like substances ...
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Google Directory - Health > Conditions and Diseases > Digestive ...
Features a research article from The Lancet medical journal which disproves the theory that a diet of fruit juice and olive oil can cure gallstones. ...
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Acute cholecystitis: MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia
In 90% of cases, acute cholecystitis is caused by gallstones in the gallbladder. ... Removal of the gallbladder and gallstones will prevent further attacks. ...
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000264.htm...
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