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• n  a muscular sac attached to the liver that stores bile (secreted by the liver) until it is needed for digestion

• In fact, the first procedure was performed at NewYork-Presbyterian HospitalColumbia in 2007, to remove a gallbladder.
• Comey had alleged that Gonzales tried to convince an ailing Attorney General John Ashcroft, who was in the hospital recovering from gallbladder surgery, to sign off on Bush's .
• The Dalai Lama tried to reassure his followers about his health (he recently had his gallbladder removed, and says he is feeling better than ever) and talked about preparing for a .

• gall bladder

News & Articles

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• RMH Performs First da Vinci Gallbladder Surgery
  It's a first for a Rockford hospital doctors used a high-tech robot to preform gallbladder surgery.
  June 22, 2013 - WIFR Rockford
• RHS conducts 1st single-site gallbladder operation in the region
  Rockford Health Systems was able to carry out the first single-site gallbladder operation in the region recently with the help of its daVinci Surgical System.
  June 21, 2013 - WREX-TV Rockford
• Rockford Memorial Hospital Debuts New Gallbladder Surgery
  Rockford Memorial Hospital debuts a new groundbreaking procedure called the single site DaVinci gallbladder surgery.  
  June 21, 2013 - WTVO - WQRF Rockford

Quotes

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• Julie Gerberding in Science Daily (press release)
  This report is alarming given that obesity has been shown to promote many chronic diseases, including type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, several types of cancer, and gallbladder disease,said Dr. Julie Gerberding, CDC director. "The...
• Joe Biden in WZVN-TV
  I left a part of me here in Fort Myers. You have one of the best hospitals in America, Lee County Memorial. They have my gallbladder,said Biden.
• Reggie Willits in MLB.com
  I had the gallbladder surgery after the '07 season, and I tore my oblique in '08 and wasn't able to do much of anything that winter,Willits said. "This winter I changed my workouts and went from doing heavy weights to lighter weights and...