Katie Rich couldn't shake the peculiar soreness in her abdomen. At 33, she had given birth to her third child via cesarean ...

Severe gallbladder dysfunction may present without stones: a case of EF 2% on HIDA in a patient with fatty-meal pain whose ...

It felt like someone had a vice-grip on my ribs and was slowly pulling my organs out from underneath.

Recently, a patient came to the hospital where I work with a persistent cough. Their doctor had ordered a CT scan – a type of imaging that creates detailed cross-sectional pictures of the body’s ...

Latest study shows a serious link between emergency room wait times and patient survival. One in ten accident and emergency patients (A&E patients) with visible blood in urine (hematuria) die within ...

The rise of full-body MRI scans has been framed as a victory for consumer empowerment. Skip the referrals. Skip the waiting. Pay out of pocket and finally see what is happening inside your body, ...

This post was updated Feb. 24 at 11:40 p.m. Dr. Vatche Agopian, a liver transplant hepatobiliary surgeon at UCLA, sat down with Daily Bruin contributor Donya Hassanshahi during February’s Gallbladder ...

SCAN Health Plan is rolling out a new program that aims to train brokers to serve as better navigators in the member care journey. Through the Brokers as Health Navigators initiative, the insurer will ...

Full-body MRIs are all the rage. Celebrities and influencers tout the benefits of such scans that could find asymptomatic aneurysms and cancers lurking in your body. Sometimes, they're life-saving.

The gallbladder acts as a storage reservoir for bile, a fluid essential for breaking down dietary fats. Biliary colic often strikes after fatty meals when the organ contracts against a blockage. Pain ...

SCAN Health Plan added 127,000 members during Medicare's annual enrollment period, making for 40.6% growth. This marks the most successful enrollment window in the non-profit insurer's history, the ...