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Gall bladder Digestive system diagram showing the bile duct The gallbladder (or cholecyst sometimes gall bladder) is a pear-shaped organ that stores about 50 mL of bile (or "gall") until the body needs it for digestion. The gallbladder is about 7-10cm long in humans and is dark green in appearance due to its contents (bile), not its tissue. It is connected to the liver and the duodenum by the biliary tract. Anatomy Not all mammals have gallbladders. The rat and horse, ...
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- Bladder Necrosis Following Hydrodistention In Patients With Interstitial Cystitis
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 05 Mar 2007 08:00 EST
- Relief For Your Bothersome Bladder
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 05 Mar 2007 08:00 EST
- 'Smart Bladder Pacemaker' Moves A Step Closer
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 21 Feb 2007 09:00 EST
- Device aids older men with leaky bladder
Reuters - Wed, 28 Feb 2007 01:34 EST
- Traditional Foley Drainage Systems - Do They Drain The Bladder?
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 19 Feb 2007 07:00 EST
- Biomedical Engineers Advance On 'Smart Bladder Pacemaker'
ScienceDaily - Mon, 19 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
- Prevalence Of Overactive Bladder Is Overestimated
MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 09 Feb 2007 10:00 EST
- Long-Term Followup Of Patients After Redo Bladder Neck Reconstruction For Bladder Exstrophy Complex
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 05 Feb 2007 03:00 EST
- Urodynamix Announces Positive Results From NIRS Prostate Study 2
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 26 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
- Advanced Age Is Associated With Poorer Bladder Cancer-Specific Survival In Patients Treated With Radical Cystectomy
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 19 Feb 2007 07:00 EST
- New Biomarker Test Could Predict Outcome For Bladder Cancer Patients
ScienceDaily - Fri, 16 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
- Prevalence Of Overactive Bladder Is Overestimated, According To Finnish Study
ScienceDaily - Wed, 07 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
- Pregnancy And Interstitial Cystitis/Painful Bladder Syndrome
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 19 Feb 2007 06:00 EST
- Traditional Foley Drainage Systems - Do They Drain The Bladder?
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 14 Feb 2007 11:00 EST
- Less overactive bladder in Finland
The Earth Times - Wed, 07 Feb 2007 08:31 EST
- Changes In Urine Markers And Symptoms After Bladder Distention For Interstitial Cystitis
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 19 Feb 2007 07:00 EST
- Outcome For Bladder Cancer Patients Could Be Predicted By New Biomarker Test
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 05 Feb 2007 02:00 EST
- Strong Link Found Between Muscle Damage In Childbirth, Fallen Bladder
MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 04 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- Spectrum Pharmaceuticals Announces Completion Of Patient Accrual In Its EOquin(R) Pilot Study, Prior To Initiating Phase 3 Studies In The U.S.
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 07 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- Link Found Between Muscle Damage During Childbirth, Condition Causing Fallen Bladder, Uterus
ScienceDaily - Wed, 31 Jan 2007 04:00 EST
- Ikonisys Receives FDA Clearance For Automated Bladder Cancer Test
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 25 Jan 2007 08:00 EST
- Gonorrhoea Linked To Bladder Cancer In Men
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 16 Jan 2007 08:00 EST
- Contribution Of 11C-Choline Positron Emission Tomography/Computerized Tomography To Preoperative Staging Of Advanced Transitional Cell Carcinoma
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 05 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
- Vaginal childbirth linked to fallen bladder
The Earth Times - Thu, 01 Feb 2007 05:36 EST
- Why some women can't control their bladders
MSNBC - Tue, 30 Jan 2007 11:59 EST
- Damage To Muscle During Vaginal Deliveries Connected With Pelvic Organ Prolapse Later In Life
MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 02 Feb 2007 06:00 EST
- Gonorrhea tied to male bladder cancer
MSNBC - Tue, 09 Jan 2007 06:43 EST
- Risk factors for incontinence change as women age
Reuters - Tue, 30 Jan 2007 06:52 EST
- Gonorrhea linked to risk of male bladder cancer
Reuters - Wed, 10 Jan 2007 03:56 EST
- Abnormal Circadian Rhythm Of Diuresis Or Nocturnal Polyuria In Some Kids With Enuresis/Hypercalciuria Related To Raised Daytime Sodium Retention
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 01 Feb 2007 03:00 EST
- Gonorrhea linked to male bladder cancer risk
Reuters - Tue, 09 Jan 2007 07:19 EST
- The Timing Of Primary Neurosurgical Repair Significantly Affects Neurogenic Bladder Prognosis In Children With Myelomeningocele
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 01 Feb 2007 03:00 EST
- Ha-ras Goes It Alone In Bladder Cancer
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 30 Jan 2007 03:00 EST
- The Big C in Chlorine
The Earth Times - Fri, 19 Jan 2007 08:31 EST
- Bayer Discontinues Trasylol(R) Clinical Trial Program In Non-CABG Indications
MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 26 Jan 2007 08:00 EST
- Sensitization Of Pelvic Nerve Afferents And Mast Cell Infiltration In The Urinary Bladder Following Chronic Colonic Irritation Is Mediated By Neuropep
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 08 Jan 2007 08:00 EST
- Chlorinated water exposure may boost cancer risk
Reuters - Thu, 18 Jan 2007 11:48 EST
- Gonorrhea Linked to the Big C
The Earth Times - Wed, 10 Jan 2007 10:41 EST
- Bladder Cancer: How To Optimally Manage High Risk Bladder Cancer Patients
MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 23 Dec 2006 10:00 EST
- Statins May Vex Bladder Cancer Therapy
WebMD - Thu, 21 Dec 2006 06:51 EST
- Gonorrhoea 'raises cancer risk'
BBC - Wed, 10 Jan 2007 02:47 EST
- Protein's Effects Essential For Kidney-to-bladder Urine Transfer
ScienceDaily - Tue, 26 Dec 2006 04:00 EST
- Protein Essential For Kidney-to-Bladder Urine Transfer
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 27 Dec 2006 08:00 EST
- Is There An Indication For Frozen Section Examination Of The Ureteral Margins During Cystectomy For Transitional Cell Carcinoma Of The Bladder?
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 11 Jan 2007 08:00 EST
- Assessment And Management Of High-Risk Bladder Cancer
MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 24 Dec 2006 08:00 EST
- Rerouting Nerves May Aid Bladder Control
ABC News - Tue, 19 Dec 2006 02:46 EST
- Tengion Launches First Phase II Clinical Trial Of Regenerated Human Organ
MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 07 Jan 2007 08:00 EST
- Dysuria At Onset Of Interstitial Cystitis/Painful Bladder Syndrome In Women
MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 06 Jan 2007 10:00 EST
- Abnormal Circadian Rhythm Of Polyuria In A Subgroup Of Children With Enuresis And Hypercalciuria Linked To Raised Daytime Sodium Retention
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 02 Jan 2007 09:00 EST
- FDA Accepts New Drug Application For SANCTURA XR(TM) Submitted By Indevus
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 25 Dec 2006 08:00 EST
- Importance In The Management Of The Prostate And Urethra In Bladder Cancer
MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 24 Dec 2006 10:00 EST
- Surgery may offer help for incontinence
MSNBC - Tue, 19 Dec 2006 12:22 EST
- New Data On Vesicare Show Significant Improvements In Urgency For Patients With Overactive Bladder
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 04 Dec 2006 03:00 EST
- Bacon link to bladder cancer risk
BBC - Wed, 29 Nov 2006 10:25 EST
- Tolterodine Extended-Release Does Not Impair Memory In Patients With Overactive Bladder
MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 01 Dec 2006 04:00 EST
- Newly Presented Data On VESIcare (R) (solifenacin Succinate) Show Significant Improvements In Urgency For Patients With Overactive Bladder
MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 01 Dec 2006 08:00 EST
- Drug Combo Treats Overactive Bladder
WebMD - Tue, 14 Nov 2006 08:16 EST
- Two-Drug Therapy Could Become New Standard Of Care For Moderate-to-Severe Male Overactive Bladder
MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 19 Nov 2006 08:00 EST
- Use Of Personal Permanent Hair Dye Is Not Linked To Bladder Cancer Risk
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 21 Nov 2006 08:00 EST
- Meeting On Frontiers In Painful Bladder Syndrome, Interstitial Cystitis - Report On The NIDDK International Frontiers In PBS/IC Symposium
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 22 Nov 2006 08:00 EST
- Underage Smoke Exposure Raises Bladder Cancer Risk
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 09 Nov 2006 06:00 EST
- Bladder cancer early smoking link
BBC - Thu, 09 Nov 2006 12:07 EST
- Study Of Gene Transfer For Erectile Dysfunction Shows Promise
MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 03 Dec 2006 08:00 EST
- Bacon tied to greater bladder cancer risk
Reuters - Mon, 27 Nov 2006 07:26 EST
- Drug Combo Treats Overactive Bladder
MedicineNet - Wed, 15 Nov 2006 07:00 EST
- 2006 Lasker Award Won By Carnegie's Joseph G. Gall
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 20 Sep 2006 01:00 EST
- EGF And HB-EGF Modulate Inward Potassium Current In Human Bladder Urothelial Cells From Normal And Interstitial Cystitis Patients
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 16 Oct 2006 07:00 EST
- The Molecular Basis Of Urgency: Regional Difference Of Vanilloid Receptor Expression In The Human Urinary Bladder
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 22 Nov 2006 08:00 EST
- First Patient Treated In Bioniche Phase III Refractory Bladder Cancer Trial
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 09 Nov 2006 08:00 EST
- Second Primary Malignancies Associated With Renal Cell Carcinoma Histological Subtypes
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 22 Nov 2006 08:00 EST
- Combination Therapy Appears More Effective Than Single Drug For Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms
MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 19 Nov 2006 01:00 EST
- Ketamine For Treatment Of Catheter Related Bladder Discomfort: A Prospective, Randomized, Placebo Controlled And Double Blind Study
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 28 Sep 2006 07:00 EST
- Calcification Of Glutaraldehyde Cross-Linked Collagen In Bladder Neck Injections In Children With Incontinence: A Long-Term Complication
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 16 Oct 2006 07:00 EST
- Racial disparities seen in bladder cancer survival
Reuters - Thu, 05 Oct 2006 05:30 EST
- Expert Comments On The Developments In The Pharmacological Therapy For Overactive Bladder
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 03 Oct 2006 07:00 EST
- U-M Study Finds That Blacks With Bladder Cancer Have More Aggressive Tumors, Worse Survival
MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 23 Sep 2006 08:00 EST
- Techniques For The Intradetrusor Administration Of Botulinum Toxin
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 09 Oct 2006 07:00 EST
- Lymphotrophic Nanoparticle Enhanced MR Imaging For Detection Of Metastatic Disease
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 09 Oct 2006 07:00 EST
- Health Tip: About Overactive Bladder
MedicineNet - Thu, 21 Sep 2006 07:00 EST
- Transient Receptor Potential Vanilloid Receptor Subtype 1 In Painful Bladder Syndrome And Its Correlation With Pain
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 02 Oct 2006 07:00 EST
- Urgent Action Needed To Prevent Complication Of Pregnancy, In This Week's "Lancet"
MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 01 Oct 2006 09:00 EST
- Long-Term Effects Of Ileal Conduit Diversion On Upper Urinary Tract In Bladder Cancer Examined
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 02 Oct 2006 07:00 EST
- Exploring The Differences Between Mono- And Polysymptomatic Nocturnal Enuresis
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 28 Sep 2006 07:00 EST
- What Is The Fate Of The Leftover Bladder After Supravesical Diversion For Benign Disease?
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 24 Aug 2006 08:00 EST
- Detrol at bedtime eases overactive bladder in men
Reuters - Fri, 08 Sep 2006 04:59 EST
- Long-Term Gastrointestinal Side Effects After Radiotherapy For Prostate Cancer Are More Common Than Previously Reported
MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 15 Sep 2006 07:00 EST
- Long-Term Gastrointestinal Side Effects After Radiotherapy For Prostate Cancer Are More Common Than Previously Reported
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 11 Sep 2006 07:00 EST
- Bladder Urothelium In PBS/IC Shows Distinct Differences In Keratin Profiles
MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 20 Aug 2006 08:00 EST
- Survey Sheds Light On Mistaken Identities Of Interstitial Cystitis - Women Often Confuse Painful Symptoms; IC Remains Undiagnosed
MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 20 Aug 2006 07:00 EST
- WHO Goodwill Ambassador highlights devastating impact of obstetric fistula on women and girls
World Health Organization - Fri, 01 Sep 2006 12:01 EST
- Dysfunction Of Lower Urinary Tract In Renal Transplant Children With Nephrologic Disease
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 21 Aug 2006 07:00 EST
- Matritech's NMP22(R) BladderChek(R) Test Can Save Lives And Reduce Expense Screening High Risk Populations For Bladder Cancer
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 02 Aug 2006 06:00 EST
- Interstitial Cystitis / Painful Bladder Syndrome (PBS/IC) - Urothelium Has Key Role In Regulating Lower Urinary Tract Physiology And Pathology
MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 30 Jul 2006 08:00 EST
- Review Examines Urethral And Bladder Neck Injuries Associated With Pelvic Fracture In 25 Female Patients
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 10 Aug 2006 06:00 EST
- Poor Response To Antihistamine Therapy In PBS/IC May Relate To Ineffectiveness Of Chosen Antihistamine Or Weakening Of Sphincteric Function
MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 12 Aug 2006 08:00 EST
- Scientists Show Protein Key To Bladder Cancer Spread, Potential Drug Target
ScienceDaily - Mon, 17 Jul 2006 02:00 EST
- New Study In Journal Of Urology Shows UroVysion™ DNA Test Superior To Standard Cytology In Diagnosing Bladder Cancer In At-risk Patients
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 24 Jul 2006 06:00 EST
- Other Highlights In The July 19 Journal Of The National Cancer Institute
MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 22 Jul 2006 05:00 EST
- Lack Of Efficacy Of Pentosan Polysulfate In Some Patients May Be Partially Explained By Poor Urinary Excretion
MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 06 Aug 2006 06:00 EST
- New Study In Journal Of Urology Shows UroVysion(TM) DNA Test Superior To Standard Cytology In Diagnosing Bladder Cancer In At-Risk Patients
MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 21 Jul 2006 06:00 EST

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