Gastroenterology

Tens of thousands of people are newly infected with viral hepatitis every year in the United States.  Viral hepatitis is a serious public health threat that kills thousands of Americans and is a leading cause of liver cancer.  Hepatitis A and hepatitis B are vaccine-preventable and hepatitis...

What is the Gallbladder? The gallbladder is an organ located under the liver. The liver makes bile and the gallbladder stores the bile.  Bile is a fluid that helps to digest food. When we eat, the gallbladder contracts and releases the bile through ducts that connect...