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Gall Bladder Removal Diet - Articles
About Gall Stone
by
steven
Posted
Sun 24 May 2009 3:58am
1 Comment
The gall bladder is that part of the digestive system which stores and secretes the bile salts that are used in the process of breaking down food into its adsorptive components. A lack of these salts leads to malabsorption maladies. The gall bladder is located on the right side of the body and is connected to the biliary tract system by the cysti ...
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Protect Your Gall Bladder Naturally
by
Dr Gowthaman
Posted
Fri 07 May 2010 5:59am
The gallbladder is a hollow organ that lies beneath the liver. In adults, the gallbladder measures approximately 8 cm in length and 4 cm in diameter when fully distended. It is divided into three sections - fundus, body, and neck. The neck tapers and connects to the biliary tree via the cystic duct, which then joins the common hepatic duct to bec ...
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Gallstones – how are they treated?
by
Dave W

Posted
Thu 25 Oct 2012 10:12am
In this article, Mr Satya Bhattacharya, Consultant General and Hepatobiliary Surgeon, explains more about gallstonesLumps of solid matter found in the gallbladder., the symptoms they can cause, how they are managed, and the surgical techniques used to remove the gallbladderSmall pea ...
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Gall Bladder Issues in Cystic Fibrosis
by
Lauren B.
Posted
Mon 25 Aug 2008 7:27pm
The gall bladder is a small, pear-shaped organ that connects to the liver by a series of ducts. As part of the digestive system, the gallbladder’s role is to store bile (a bitter liquid produced by the liver) that will be used to digest food, particularly fat, on its way to the small intestine.
Nearly every cystic fibrosis (CF) p ...
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Medical Glossary
by
Dr. Anshu Gupta
Posted
Tue 02 Jun 2009 4:40pm
Below is a compiled list of medical terms relate to diseases of the pancreas, procedures, and other essential definitions.
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Adenocarcinoma
A cancer that develops in the lining or inner surface of an organ. More than 95 percent of prostate cancers are adenocarcinoma.
Adjuvant Therapy
Treatment that is giv ...
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Gall Bladder Disease
by
lauragetsfit
Posted
Fri 29 Oct 2010 7:47am
176! Yes, that's the magic number that was on my scale this morning! And...at 5'10", that's not bad, right?
I started reading a new book last night, The Liver and Gallbladder Miracle Cleanse: An All-Natural, At-Home Flush to Purify and Rejuvenate Your Body . I think I may have mentioned this a while back (but never really emphasized on ...
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Go and change the world (plus ophardcore fit recap)
by
meg o
Posted
Tue 05 Jun 2012 9:26pm
Hi there! Hope your week is going well so far. Mine's been a busy, but pretty good one. Today was a little chaotic. We lost power at my nanny fam's house today, but I had their car, so I brought them to my house for a bit. They've met Gizmo before, but they all three kind of fell in love today. I'm pretty sure they were trying to plot ways ...
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It Galls Me To Tell You This
by
Ron Sparks
Posted
Fri 25 Jun 2010 8:15am
This, friends, is a gall bladder
My gall bladder is functioning at only 3%.
This is apparently not uncommon for someone who went through chemotherapy and lost so much weight so quickly. The extreme punishment my body endured through cancer treatments was not without consequence. My gall bladder was damaged and has since deteriorat ...
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Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy
by
Nathan M.
Posted
Wed 01 Oct 2008 8:41pm
I went to see my vascular surgeon Tuesday afternoon to talk about my fistula and my gall bladder. The appointment was originally set up so that the surgeon could say that it was okay to start using my new upper arm fistula. However, since my catheter was not working as well as hoped on Saturday, they used one needle in the fistula then. The ap ...
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