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Dear N.W.: Gallstones are common (6% of men and 9% of women will get one over a lifetime) and are mostly composed of bile salts and cholesterol. The goal of treatment is to reduce symptoms and the ...

Generic drugmaker Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc. has received FDA approval to begin shipping a generic version of a drug that treats gallstones. Ursodia USP is a bile acid that naturally occurs in the ...

TUPELO – Dr. Will Cauthen doesn't have to crunch numbers in his head when speaking of the gallbladder surgeries he's performed. He does between 200 to 250 a year. Gallstones are the culprit in causing ...

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was recently released from the hospital after being diagnosed and treated for acute cholecystitis — a benign gallbladder condition. While acute cholecystitis ...

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: Will calcium or Fosamax cause gallstones or kidney stones? Will drinking enough water flush the stones out? — Homewood, Ill. Calcium supplements and the drug Fosamax (generic name: ...

A promising experimental compound prevents cholesterol gallstone disease in mice by stimulating the biochemical pathway that controls bile acid secretion by the liver, according to new studies by ...

Gallstones are hardened deposits of digestive fluid that can form in your gallbladder, an organ located on the right side of your abdomen that holds bile to be released into your small intestine.

Medically reviewed by Jay N. Yepuri, MD Key Takeaways IBS and gallstones both cause abdominal pain, but the pain location might differ.Gallstones lead to severe pain if they block the bile ducts.IBS ...