Why? As food makes its way down the digestive tract, it gets stained by bile, which constantly drains into the gut. Bile, which breaks down fats, is made by the liver, stored in the gallbladder, and ...

Primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) is a chronic, progressive disease of the bile duct system. The bile duct system carries bile from the liver and gallbladder into the first part of the small ...

Abstract Purpose Bile duct injury (BDI) is a catastrophic complication of cholecystectomy, and misidentification of the cystic anatomy is considered to be the main cause. Although several techniques ...

Objective Cholestatic liver diseases in humans as well as bile acid (BA)-feeding and common bile duct ligation (CBDL) in rodents trigger hyperplasia of cholangiocytes within the portal fields.

Some people need to maintain a modified diet after gallbladder surgery. Follow this diet for effective gallbladder surgery recovery.

Carlos Pitta também é autor da música Todos os Caminhos Levam a Feira de Santana, que se tornou um símbolo de identidade para a Princesa do Sertão. Presente no evento, o secretário de Cultura, ...

O presidente Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva considera que a discussão sobre o Imposto sobre Operações Financeiras (IOF) transcendeu a esfera fiscal e se tornou uma questão institucional. A informação foi ...

O cantor e compositor feirense Carlos Pitta será homenageado nesta sexta-feira (27) durante a abertura do São Pedro no distrito de Bonfim de Feira. A reverência será conduzida por Alcymar Monteiro, ...

If you’ve recently had a bout of diarrhea, you may have pale or white-colored stool. These light-colored stools can be the result of various factors, so it’s important to note your symptoms ...

Certain bile acids affect C. difficile germination or vegetative growth. We hypothesised that loss of gut microbiota-derived bile salt hydrolases (BSHs) predisposes to CDI by perturbing gut bile ...

Since cholesterol is an integral component of bile acid synthesis, there is an upregulation of hepatic LDL receptors and increased LDL-C clearance from the circulation.

The pancreas is an elongated, tapered organ located across the back of the belly, behind the stomach. The right side of the organ—called the head—is the widest part of the organ and lies in the curve ...