Newswise — WASHINGTON (Sep. 5, 2018) – Liver fluke infection is a major public health problem affecting more than 10 million people in Southeast Asia, particularly in Thailand and Laos. Infection has ...

An international research collaboration has identified bacteria in the bile duct as a potential risk factor in the development of bile duct cancer, or Cholangiocarcinoma (CCA), a rare but aggressive ...

Eating raw freshwater fish can lead to parasitic infection and significantly raise the risk of bile duct cancer, a doctor has ...

Cholangitis describes inflammation in the bile ducts or biliary system. Some forms of cholangitis can be life threatening. The condition may cause symptoms such as fever, sweating, abdominal pain, and ...

Your bile duct network is a true tree of life. A floppy, pink tree of life. The branches, smooth like spaghetti noodles, reach up to collect bile and waste from your gallbladder and liver. Farther ...

Cholecystitis, or gallbladder inflammation, can sometimes cause jaundice if something blocks the flow of bile from the gallbladder. Cholecystitis refers to inflammation of the gallbladder. There are ...

The bile ducts are passageways through which bile produced by the liver travels to the duodenum. They are involved in ...

When 13-year-old Meera (name changed) with Wilson’s disease, a rare genetic disorder, developed jaundice and her eyes turned yellow, her family tried to manage the condition with home remedies — ...