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Question: My parents both had gall stones. I am worried that I might too. Who gets gall stones and how are they treated?
Fair, fat, female, forty and flatulent. These are the people who, according to traditional medical textbooks, are more likely to suffer from gall stones. Of course the problem can occur in many people [...]

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Question: What is the gall bladder? What does it do? I’m told that it is essential for digestion, but I have to have mined taken out because of stones, even though they only give occasional pains.
The liver, which sits behind the lower ribs on the right side of the body, produces bile at a more [...]

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