NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Pregnant women are at no greater risk of developing an infection or other complication after having their gallbladder or appendix removed than their non-pregnant ...

Chances are you barely know what your gallbladder is, let alone the gallbladder attack symptoms to look out for. When you have really bad stomach pain, it’s easy to chalk it up to that double bean ...

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 ...

After falling ill during Ultra Music Festival, Avicii revealed he’ll have to postpone a few shows as he recovers from surgery to remove his gallbladder and appendix. The 24-year-old DJ suffered from ...

California doctors removed a woman's gallbladder through her mouth using a new surgical technique, the Los Angeles Times reported. This woman’s surgery, called NOTES, or natural orifice translumenal ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. As part of the trend in developing surgeries without external wounds, ...

Gallstones, hernias and appendicitis are turning up earlier than before. Doctors explain how sedentary lives, processed diets and weight gain are driving more surgical cases ...

To survive, you need your heart, lungs, and liver. But what about your appendix, tonsils, wisdom teeth, and other parts that you normally hear about only when they're being removed. Are they just ...

A Coral Springs, Florida, surgeon has been restricted in his practice after a state complaint alleged problems with an appendix and two gall bladder removals PRNewsFoto A trio of surgical errors ...

California doctors removed a woman's gallbladder through her mouth using a new surgical technique, the Los Angeles Times reported. This woman’s surgery, called NOTES, or natural orifice translumenal ...