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Risk of Diabetes, Increased by Liver Disease
in Daily Diabetic, on October 29, 2007
...The concern about NAFLD is that it can lead to inflammation and fibrosis of the liver and therefore cirrhosis-related problems. When people hear of cirrhosis they tend to think of alcohol but NAFLD oc...
Are Healthy Foods Really Effective?
in Straightfromthedoc, on September 20, 2007
...ore cups a day.
Coffee drinkers may also be at lower risk of Parkinson's, colon cancer, liver cirrhosis, and gallstones. Three cups of coffee contain as much fiber as a raw apple. Its diuretic...
Dandelions as a Health Food
in Well Woman Blog, on June 13, 2007
...lso used for the treatment of the gall bladder, kidney and urinary disorders, gallstones, jaundice, cirrhosis, hypoglycemia, dyspepsia with constipation, edema associated with high blood pressu...
Poche's pegylated Interferon alfa-2a Cures Hepatitis C
in The Biotech Weblog, on May 23, 2007
...f the liver affecting an estimated 4.4 million Americans. Left untreated, hepatitis C may lead to Cirrhosis , liver cancer and may necessitate liver transplants.
Nearly all -- 99 percent - of p...
The Truth About Coffee
in Well Woman Blog, on April 13, 2007
...er Permanente researchers, consuming coffee seems to offer a protective benefit against alcoholic Cirrhosis , and the more coffee a person consumes the less risk they seem to have of dying from ...
FibroIndex Diagnostic Test for Liver Fibrosis
in The Biotech Weblog, on February 5, 2007
Diagnosis of the stage of liver fibrosis in chronic hepatitis c is essential for making a prognosis and deciding on antiviral therapy. A new diagnostic test, called FibroIndex , which consists of a series of simple blood tests, may be a non-invasive alternative to liver biopsy when diagn...
Diabetes May Increase Chance Of Liver Cancer
in Daily Diabetic, on October 29, 2006
...e of diabetes may triple the risk of hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with advanced fibrosis or cirrhosis from hepatitis C infection, researchers reported here.
The five-year risk of developing h...
Colchicine May Prevent Liver Cancer in Viral Hepatitis Patients
in The Biotech Weblog, on September 11, 2006
..., HCC) in patients with hepatitis virus-related end-stage liver disease. Out of 186 patients with Cirrhosis of the liver due to viral disease, 116 were treated with colchicine.
They found tha...
Coffee: The New Wonder Drug?
in Straightfromthedoc, on June 15, 2006
... the news just the other day when researchers announced that drinking coffee regularly may prevent cirrhosis of the liver . The study, published in the Archives of Internal Medicine , shows th...
The Next Diabetes Warriors: Chimpanzees?
in Daily Diabetic, on April 30, 2006
...ould also account for the rarity of T-cell mediated liver damage, such as chronic active hepatitis, cirrhosis and cancer, following Hepatitis B or C infection in chimpanzees. In addition, several othe...
Genetic Test For Chronic Hepatitis C-Related Cirrhosis
in The Biotech Weblog, on April 27, 2006
...nounced having identified seven single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) that predicts the risk of cirrhosis in patients with chronic hepatitis-C (CHC) . The results were based on a study of sample...
The Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS): A Market Analysis
in The Biotech Weblog, on March 2, 2006
This month's issue of Nature Reviews: Drug Discovery features an analysis of the Irritable bowel Syndrome (IBS) market.
IBS has received considerable attention recently for both its costs in terms of societal expenditures and for the realization that an effective therapy is poss...