gallstones

Complicated idiopathic gallstone disease in pediatric patients

harminka — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 15:07:23 -0500

The prevalence of gallstones in adults of industrialized countries is approximately 10% and is showing a tendency to rise. Data for pediatric patients is scarce.

Exercise to avoid gallstones!

harminka — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 07:35:32 -0600

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.

Research team discovers gallstone gene

harminka — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 13:20:55 -0500

Scientists at the University of Bonn, together with colleagues from Romania, have discovered a gene variant that significantly increases the risk of developing gallstones (Hepatology No. 46, 11 July 2007, DOI 10.1002/hep.21847). It is estimated that one in ten Europeans has this variant in their hereditary disposition.