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The most common treatment for most serious gallbladder conditions is surgery to remove the gallbladder. Read on to learn about other treatment options.
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Surgery Not 'A Magic Pill' For Obese Patients
One of the fastest growing segments of the weight-loss market is surgery. But doctors warn that it should not be seen as a quick fix. Indeed, though surgery can help with diabetes and high blood pressure, some patients struggle with health issues even yea
India's Gandhi makes first appearance after surgery
Sonia Gandhi, president of India's ruling Congress party, made her first public appearance on Sunday, nearly two months after undergoing surgery in the United States for an undisclosed ailment.
Elective surgery funding 'unfair'
National funding for elective surgery is not fair and the Southern District Health Board is missing out on more than $8 million a year, recently departed chief executive Brian Rousseau argued. read more
Reconstruction: A choice after breast cancer treatment
My cousin Gail Katz could have told me how surgery and chemotherapy saved her life. Instead, she told me how breast reconstruction saved her soul. Gail was 42 when she was diagnosed with breast cancer for the first time.
PHOTOS: Sonia Gandhi's first appearance post-surgery
After undergoing surgery for an undisclosed aliment over a month ago, Sonia Gandhi on Sunday made her first public appearance when she attended a prayer meeting at Raj Ghat on the occasion of Mahatma Gandhi's 142nd birth anniversary.