Alcohol consumption is a major cause of chronic liver disease. The disease, which has devastating consequences, progresses through stages of hepatitis (inflammation), fibrosis (scarring) and cirrhosis (severe scarring). Advanced ...
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Cancer cases are unusually high among middle aged people in the Middle East contrary to western countries where they usually hit people at least 20 years later.
Jul 21, 2023
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A surgical team from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis recently performed the first robotic liver transplant in the U.S. The successful transplant, accomplished in May at Barnes-Jewish Hospital, extends ...
Jul 17, 2023
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Even low levels of alcohol use can increase the likelihood of developing diseases like cancer and heart disease. A systematic review of studies of the relationship between alcohol use and risk of disease published in Alcohol: ...
Jul 10, 2023
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Scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital created a hepatoblastoma (liver cancer) model that more accurately reflects the pathology and genomics of the disease. Research using the model pointed toward potential ...
Jul 7, 2023
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More than 2 million people in the United States have hepatitis C, but most are not getting the safe treatment that can cure the disease, public health officials said Thursday.
Jun 29, 2023
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While cancer mortality rates in the U.S. have decreased, cancer remains the leading cause of death among Hispanic individuals, who generally having lower cancer incidence compared to non-Hispanic white individuals.
Jun 29, 2023
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The development of hepatocellular carcinoma, liver cancer, is known to involve the abnormal activation of a signaling pathway called Wnt; however, the underlying mechanisms have not been fully understood, until now.
Jun 28, 2023
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Stanford Medicine researchers have found that a common blood condition associated with several diseases may have a protective effect against Alzheimer's disease.
Jun 28, 2023
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Targeting a master-regulator of inflammation with a monoclonal antibody potentially improves two unrelated conditions that currently have limited treatment options: preterm births and fatty liver disease, two new studies ...
Jun 22, 2023
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