{"id":28803,"date":"2026-02-24T07:14:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T07:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/?p=28803"},"modified":"2026-02-24T12:57:50","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T12:57:50","slug":"article70665874-ece","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/?p=28803","title":{"rendered":"Why do gallstones affect women more; pregnancy is also a  risk factor, say experts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A community-based cross-section study of the prevalence of gallstone disease in India published in BMJ earlier this month highlights that the prevalence of gallstones in females is 2\u20133 times higher compared to males, and females were prone to an earlier onset of the disease &#8212; approximately a decade earlier than males<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>\n<strong>Source:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/sci-tech\/health\/why-do-gallstones-affect-women-more-pregnancy-is-also-a-risk-factor-say-experts\/article70665874.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><br \/>\nwww.thehindu.com<br \/>\n<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:13px;color:#666;\">\n<strong>Medical Disclaimer:<\/strong><br \/>\nThis content is shared for informational and educational purposes only.<br \/>\nIt does not constitute medical, legal, or policy advice.<br \/>\nHealthcare decisions should always be made in consultation with qualified professionals.\n<\/p>\n<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A community-based cross-section study of the prevalence of gallstone disease in India published in BMJ earlier this month highlights that the prevalence of gallstones in females is 2\u20133 times higher compared to males, and females were prone to an earlier onset of the disease &#8212; approximately a decade earlier than males Source: www.thehindu.com Medical Disclaimer: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":28804,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1747],"tags":[14928,11387,15313,19376,1485,8056,4149],"class_list":["post-28803","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fitness-lifestyle","tag-affect","tag-experts","tag-factor","tag-gallstones","tag-pregnancy","tag-risk","tag-women"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28803","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=28803"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28803\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28805,"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28803\/revisions\/28805"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/28804"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28803"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28803"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}