Health

One in five Americans over the age of 65 has gallstones, and most people with them are never bothered by them. The gallbladder sits directly under the liver where it stores, concentrates, and releases bile into the intestinal lumen (opening).

Did you know the most common cause of hypothyroidism in the United States is not an iodine deficiency, but an autoimmune condition? Over 90% of hypothyroid cases in this country are caused by Hashimoto’s disease, or autoimmune thyroid.