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Poll shows half of Americans would consider donating a kidney to a stranger

Good news for anyone needing a transplant; a new Mayo Clinic survey shows that the public's support for both living and deceased organ donation is increasing. Eighty-four percent of respondents said they would be very or ...

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Liver cancers armed with many strategies for evading immune response

(Medical Xpress)—Researchers at Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI) have published findings that help explain how a common and particularly resilient form of liver cancer evades the body's natural antitumor responses. ...

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New ablation technique holds promise for liver cancer patients

A new minimally invasive tumor ablation technique is providing hope for liver cancer patients who can't undergo surgery or thermal ablation, a study shows.

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Vitamin A could prevent the spread of prostate cancer

(Medical Xpress)—Vitamin A could help treat and prevent the spread of prostate cancer, according to research published today (Monday, April 15th) in Oncogenesis.

Cancer created Apr 16, 2013 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Where does coffee stand in your health?

We are often asked whether coffee is good or bad for the health. The answer is both good and bad.

Health created Apr 13, 2013 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (6) | comments 0

New genetic screen paves the way for long-sought treatments for liver disease

Chronic liver failure is a major health problem that causes about one million deaths around the world each year. A study published April 11th by Cell Press in the journal Cell reveals a new type of screen for identifying genes ...

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A new treatment option for alcohol dependence: Reduced consumption rather than abstinence

A potential new treatment for alcoholism called nalmefene is effective and safe for reducing alcohol consumption in alcohol dependent individuals, says a new study published this week in Biological Psychiatry.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Apr 11, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Cardiovascular issues up mortality rates in patients with advanced fibrosis

New research reveals that advanced fibrosis is a significant predictor of mortality in patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), largely brought about by cardiovascular causes. NAFLD alone was not associated ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Apr 10, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

U-M researchers find new way to clear cholesterol from the blood

Researchers at the University of Michigan have identified a new potential therapeutic target for lowering cholesterol that could be an alternative or complementary therapy to statins.

Cardiology created Apr 10, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New cutting-edge cell research will lead to safer medical experiments on humans

In almost 90 per cent of cases, novel drugs tested on humans by pharmaceutical companies do not work as intended and must be scrapped. Often the drugs do not work, while at worst, test subjects die. New research from the ...

Medical research created Apr 10, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Engineered small pox may kill liver cancer

As part of a multicenter clinical trial, researchers at University of California, San Diego School of Medicine are evaluating Pexa-Vec (JX-594) to slow the progression of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) or liver cancer. Pexa-Vec ...

Cancer created Apr 10, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Cancers don't sleep: The Myc oncogene can disrupt circadian rhythm

The Myc oncogene can disrupt the 24-hour internal rhythm in cancer cells. Postdoctoral fellow Brian Altman, PhD, and graduate student Annie Hsieh, MD, both from the in the lab of Chi Van Dang, MD, PhD, director of the Abramson ...

Cancer created Apr 09, 2013 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Rigosertib Phase 1 results lead to disease-focused Phase 2 development

Results of a phase 1 clinical trial reported at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) annual conference show that orally administered Rigosertib is well tolerated in patients with advanced solid tumors. This ...

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Adding cetuximab to chemotherapy enables patients with advanced colorectal cancer, liver metastasis to undergo surgery

New results from a clinical trial conducted in Shanghai, China, indicate that adding cetuximab (Erbitux) to standard chemotherapy enables some patients with otherwise inoperable liver metastases due to colorectal cancer have ...

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Liver transplantation for patients with genetic liver conditions has high survival rate

Patients faced with the diagnosis of a life-threatening liver disease have to consider the seriousness of having a liver transplant, which can be a definitive cure for many acquired and genetic liver diseases. Among the main ...

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