Bedsores are the areas of dead and damaged skin that happen as a result of sustained pressure cutting off circulation to certain areas of the body. Bedsores are also commonly called pressure sores or pressure ulcers. The most common locations for these types of sores are the low back (just above the buttocks), the buttocks, the hips, and the heels. As with all other tissues in the body, when blood supply is cut off, the tissue begins to die. Other factors that contribute to pressure ulcers i ...

Celiac disease or celiac sprue is the medical name for allergy to gluten, a protein found in many foods including breads, baked goods, pastas and foods made of wheat, barley or rye. It goes by many names including celiac sprue, gluten intolerance, and gluten sensitive enteropathy. Normally, gluten is broken down and digested in the small intestine at tiny finger-like projections from the wall called villi. These microscopic villi are also responsible for absorbing other nutrients, vitamins, an ...

Cholangiocarcinoma is the medical name for cancer of the gallbladder. The gallbladder is a small organ that sits nestled under the liver in the upper right part of the abdomen. The job of the gallbladder is to store the bile produced by the liver and release the bile when it is needed to help digest food. While bile is important to the body, the gallbladder is not a necessary organ. When the gallbladder is removed, the bile flows directly from the liver into the small intestine without a pro ...