Condition

What is a Lipoma? A lipoma is a growth of fatty tissue that slowly develops under your skin. People of any age can develop a lipoma, but children rarely develop them. A lipoma can form on any part of the body, but they typically appear...

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...

Breast Disease

Breast cancer is a disease in which malignant (cancer) cells form in the tissues of the breast. The breast is made up of lobes and ducts. Each breast has 15 to 20 sections called lobes. Each lobe has many smaller sections called lobules. Lobules end...

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 - 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 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...

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...

BRCA positive BRCA1 and BRCA2 gene mutation testing can give several possible results: a positive result, a negative result, or an ambiguous or uncertain result. A positive test result indicates that a person has inherited a known harmful mutation in BRCA1 or BRCA2 and, therefore, has...

Skin Lumps & Bumps