Gallstones are painful little troublemakers that show up when your bile falls out of balance, usually from too much cholesterol, not enough fibre, or sluggish bile flow. The result? Sharp abdominal ...

The gallbladder is a small organ located beneath the liver, whose main function is to store bile, a digestive fluid essential for the digestion of fats. A diet rich in nutritious foods can promote its ...

The gallbladder is a small, grape sized, organ attached to the digestive tract. It secretes a fluid called bile into it in response to a meal. Bile emulsifies dietary fats by increasing their exposure ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) -- Men who consume large amounts of "heme" iron in their diets have an increased risk of developing gallstone disease, according to findings published in the American Journal ...

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.

(A) ABC transporters: The normal functioning of ABCG8/ABCG5, ABCB4, and ABCB11 enables the transport of cholesterol, bile acids, and lipids into bile (left). Mutations in any of these result in ...