1. Middle-Age Heart Risk Factors Shorten Men's Lives - US News and World Report
Smoking, hypertension, high cholesterol cut 10 years of life, study finds

2. Study Pinpoints Risk Factors for Death in Young Stroke Victims - US News and World Report
Many can be modified, treated to improve odds, experts say

3. Health: Men's Health: Yo-Yo Dieting May Give You Gallstones - US News and World Report
Men who repeatedly lose weight and gain it back are raising their risk of gallstones, according to a large study published this week in the Archives of Internal Medicine. The findings confirm those of a similar study in women and suggest that "weigh...

4. Managing Gallstone Disease - US News and World Report
The surest way to manage gallstones is surgical removal of the gallbladder.

5. Gallstones : Causes, incidence, and risk factors  (Trust Mark: Doctor-Reviewed)
The cause of gallstones varies. Some stones form when there is too much cholesterol or bilirubin in the bile. (Bile is a liquid that helps the body digest fats) Other stones form if there are not enough bile salts or if the gallbladder fails to em...• Reviewer: Linda Vorvick, MD, Seattle Site Coordinator, Lecturer, Pathophysiology, MEDEX Northwest Division of Physician Assistant Studies, University of Washington School of Medicine. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

6. Gallstones  (Trust Mark: Doctor-Reviewed)
A gallstone is a solid crystal deposit that forms in the gallbladder, which is a pear-shaped organ that stores bile salts until they are needed to help digest fatty foods. Gallstones can migrate to other parts of the digestive tract and cause seve...• Author: Maureen Haggerty