Male Breast Cancer
Male Breast Cancer
Although breast cancer is much more common in women, men can get it too. It happens most often to men between the ages of 60 and 70.
Breast lumps usually aren't cancer. However, most men with breast cancer have lumps. Other breast symptoms...
Microcalcifications of breast
Microcalcifications of breast
The calcium you eat or take in as medicine does not cause calcifications in the breast.
Most calcifications are not a sign of cancer. Causes may include:
Calcium deposits in the arteries inside your breasts
History of breast infection
Noncancerous (benign) breast lumps...
Abnormal mammogram
Abnormal mammogram
Most of the time, women getting their routine mammogram will receive a letter within 30 days saying the results were normal. But if doctors find something suspicious, they’ll call you back – usually within just 5 days – to take new pictures or...
Gastric Polyp
Gastric Polyp
Stomach polyps — also called gastric polyps — are masses of cells that form on the lining inside your stomach. These polyps are rare and usually don't cause any signs or symptoms. Stomach polyps are most often discovered when your doctor is examining...
Peptic Ulcer
Peptic Ulcer
A peptic ulcer is a sore in the lining of your stomach or your duodenum, the first part of your small intestine. A burning stomach pain is the most common symptom. The pain
Starts between meals or during the night
Briefly stops if...
Gallbladder Removal (Cholecystectomy), Laparoscopic
Laparoscopic Gallbladder Removal
Laparoscopic gallbladder removal is surgery to remove the gallbladder using a medical device called a laparoscope.
What to Expect:
Surgery using a laparoscope is the most common way to remove the gallbladder. A laparoscope is a thin, lighted tube that lets the doctor see...
Gallbladder Removal
Gallbladder Removal - open
Open gallbladder removal is surgery to remove the gallbladder through a large cut in your abdomen.
What to Expect:
Gallbladder removal surgery is done while you are under general anesthesia so you will be asleep and pain-free.
To perform the surgery:
The surgeon makes...
Gallbladder Surgery
Gallbladder Removal - open
Open gallbladder removal is surgery to remove the gallbladder through a large cut in your abdomen.
What to Expect:
Gallbladder removal surgery is done while you are under general anesthesia so you will be asleep and pain-free.
To perform the surgery:
The surgeon makes...