All posts by Catherine Poslusny

Can you get liver problems after gallbladder removal surgery?

If you’re dealing with painful gallstone episodes, your healthcare provider has probably brought up gallbladder removal surgery as a potential treatment. It’s the best way to prevent future gallbladder attacks, which is why over a million people in the United States undergo gallbladder removal surgery each year. Still, you want to have all the information […]

Sleep After Gallbladder Removal: Tips For Getting Shut-Eye After Surgery

Gallbladder removal surgery is the main treatment for painful gallstones, as well as infection or inflammation in the gallbladder or pancreas. The procedure can be performed as an open surgery or minimally invasive laparoscopic surgery. Either way, it’s a relatively minor surgery with short recovery times. Even with minimally invasive surgery, you may have some […]

What should an x-ray cost?

How much should an x-ray cost? In the United States, the cost of an x-ray depends on many things. These include (but aren’t limited to) your location, whether you have health insurance, and which part of your body is being examined. And, to make things even more complicated, your x-ray cost isn’t always the same […]