South Korea said it will formally end its dwindling yet much-criticized bear bile farming industry this week, though about ...

Bear bile farming will be banned in the country starting Jan. 1, South Korea's Ministry of Climate, Energy, and Environment ...

As the ban takes effect January 1, disputes over farmer compensation and limited shelter space leave hundreds of captive ...

South Korea is one of the few countries that allow farming to extract bile from bears, mostly Asiatic black bears known as ...

Pale stools signal potential problems with the liver, gallbladder, or pancreas. This change in colour suggests bile flow ...

Although bile duct cancer is curable if doctors diagnose it early, the goal for most people with the disease is remission. Healthcare professionals consider a cancer “cured” when no more cancerous ...

Background Western diet and associated production of secondary bile acids (BAs) have been linked to the development of ...

Bile is a liquid produced by the liver that helps your body digest fats from the food you eat. It is stored in the gallbladder and empties into your intestines during digestion. You may have heard ...

Common symptoms are changes in stool appearance and texture. Normally, stool is brown, but people with bile duct cancer may have pale or clay-colored stools that are oily and float in water. Also ...