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Like many people, you may have gallstones and not know it. In fact, gallstones — solid deposits of cholesterol or calcium salts that form in your gallbladder or nearby bile ducts — often cause no symptoms and require no treatment.

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My Middle-Aged Baby Book: A Record of Milestones, Millstones & Gallstones

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Gallstones
Explains how they're formed, causes and conditions, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment. From the National Digestive Diseases Clearinghouse.
Mayo Clinic: Gallstones
The disease defined plus symptoms, causes, risk factors, diagnosis, treatment and prevention.
Gallstones: Symptoms, Treatments, Prevention
Discover the facts, find out why women have a significantly higher incidence and learn how to prevent gallbladder disease.
MyGallstone
Information about diagnosis and treatment, including pictures.
Mamashealth: Gallstones
Basic information about symptoms and diagnosis.
eMedicine Health: Gallstones
Overview, causes, symptoms, when to seek medical care, exams and tests, treatment, illustrations and other visual media, and authoring credits.
Could these be Gallstones?
Features a research article from The Lancet medical journal which disproves the theory that a diet of fruit juice and olive oil can cure gallstones. An illustration shows the unrelated soap stones created by this regime.
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