Many patients with gallstones and abdominal pain don’t feel better after a procedure to remove their gallbladder, and a recent study suggests this surgery may not always be necessary. Treatment guidelines in many countries recommend that doctors perform a minimally invasive operation known as a laparoscopic cholecystectomy to remove the gallbladder when patients have abdominal…

A 4-metre plus saltwater crocodile was caught at Woods Inlet near Darwin in the Northern Territory on Sunday. NT News reported that the 4.2-metre (13 feet and seven inches) croc was captured just 8km (4.9 miles) from Darwin CBD with NT Parks and Wildlife crocodile management unit wildlife ranger Ian Hunt saying, that it was the…

Mexican authorities on Tuesday began removing Haitians away from the U.S. border on prepared flights and buses, assisting the United States in its large-scale expulsion efforts, authorities said. Thousands of Haitians who had amassed under and near a bridge in Del Rio, Texas, about 60 miles northwest of Piedras Negras and Eagle Pass, in recent…