Alexis Cordone, MD, MPH, MHS-MEd, is a board-certified emergency physician and a Public Voices Fellow of The OpEd Project.

High bilirubin levels increase the risk of developing bilirubin gallstones—a type of gallstone more prevalent in Sickle Cell ...

An Instagram reel claims that bay leaves water with apple cider vinegar eliminates gall stones and kidney stones in 3 days.

American Association of Clinical Endocrinology (AACE) guidelines offer evidence-based recommendations for the pharmacologic management of dyslipidemia in adults, emphasizing the ...

The health care community has redefined the requirements for clinical obesity, noting BMI shouldn’t be the sole barometer of ...

Bile reflux gastritis (BRG) is a gastro-intestinal condition especially characterized by the reflux of bile into the stomach, further leading to mucosal inflammation along with various other clinical ...

Background A 45-year-old man presented with frontal headache and visual disturbances to our clinic. For the previous 5 years, he had been receiving treatment for long-lasting mild hyperthyroidism ...

The importance of cholesterol ester synthesis by acyl CoA:cholesterol acyltransferase (ACAT) enzymes in intestinal and hepatic cholesterol metabolism has been unclear. We now demonstrate that ...

Background and Aims: Cystic fibrosis-related liver disease (CFLD) is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in cystic fibrosis (CF). Several non-invasive diagnostic methods have been ...

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