New diet guidelines say to double up on protein, but nutrition experts are wary
Protein just got a big boost from U.S. health officials.
Jan 19, 2026
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Digestive System: News and Research on Liver
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California warns against foraging after deadly wild mushrooms kill three people
California health officials are warning residents to avoid eating wild mushrooms after a sharp rise in poisonings that has left multiple people dead and others with severe liver damage.
Jan 12, 2026
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Patient-specific human liver model lays foundation for personalized treatments
Liver disease is a major global health problem, causing over two million deaths worldwide each year. While animal models have helped to understand liver biology, they often fail to accurately translate to human biology.
Dec 17, 2025
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New risk score helps predict pancreatic cancer recurrence
Cedars-Sinai investigators, leading a multi-institutional team, have developed and validated a tool to predict which patients with pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (PanNETs) need closer monitoring because their cancer is ...
Dec 17, 2025
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Study finds Ozempic may weaken muscles even as muscle size remains stable
As use of the popular anti-diabetic and weight-loss drug Ozempic skyrockets, so have concerns about the medication's side effects. One such side effect is loss of "lean mass"—body weight that isn't fat—raising concerns that ...
Aug 5, 2025
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Liver drives cancer cachexia through systemic signaling response, study finds
Many people with cancer experience dramatic loss of muscle and fat tissue. In many cases, even the heart muscle is affected, which further weakens the body. This wasting syndrome, known as cachexia, affects around half of ...
Jul 21, 2025
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Five common habits that might be harming your liver
The liver is one of the hardest working organs in the human body. It detoxifies harmful substances, helps with digestion, stores nutrients, and regulates metabolism.
Jun 18, 2025
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Plastic particles found in food could harm the body
Results from a new animal study suggest that microscopic plastic particles found in food and beverages may affect glucose metabolism and harm organs such as the liver. The findings raise concerns about potential health risks ...
Jun 1, 2025
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Obesity disrupts molecular 'reaction time' to starvation in mice, study finds
Researchers led by Keigo Morita and Shinya Kuroda of the University of Tokyo have revealed a temporal disruption in the metabolism of obese mice when adapting to starvation despite no significant structural disruptions in ...
Apr 22, 2025
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Harnessing huge data to reveal the extent of physiological changes before, during and after pregnancy
A team of molecular and cell biologists at the Weizmann Institute of Science, Yale University School of Medicine and Schneider Women's Hospital has discovered that more changes take place in the bodies of pregnant women than ...
