For five years, my patient has been experiencing several episodes a year of what appears to be biliary colic — severe epigastric and right-upper-quadrant abdominal pain that begins shortly after ...

Biliary colic is a medical condition that is also known as a "gallbladder attack." You can take medications to help relieve ...

Biliary colic can happen when a gallstone blocks a bile duct, causing intense stomach pain. It is also known as a gallstone attack or gallbladder attack. Many people have gallstones without realizing ...

Gallstones are more common in patients with acromegaly than in the general population. Somatostatin analogs—the gold standard medical treatment for patients with acromegaly—are associated with a ...

The presence of a gravid uterus in a woman with acute biliary symptoms poses several unique challenges since the underlying disease and/or its various treatments can adversely affect both mother and ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A: More than 33,000 people are diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in the United States every year. Only 15% to 20% ...

THERE have been few fundamental contributions to the diagnosis and management of biliary-tract disease in recent years, but a current evaluation of the subject is justified in view of the large number ...

At the 2021 Cholangiocarcinoma Foundation Annual Conference, experts discussed guidelines and real-world data for the management of urgent symptoms in patients with cholangiocarcinoma who have biliary ...

Colic is a term that people often associate with infants. However, it can affect adults as well. Adults often experience colic as sudden gastrointestinal or urinary pain that becomes less intense over ...

Adolescents and teens experience biliary side effects after weight-loss surgery at about the same rate as adults. However, in younger patients, the symptoms are more likely to manifest as pancreatic ...

BOSTON, July 14, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Albireo Pharma, Inc. (Nasdaq: ALBO), a clinical-stage orphan pediatric liver disease company developing novel bile acid modulators, today announced the first ...