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Spain's excellent record on organ donation rates has nothing to do with its presumed consent legislation, say experts in an article published in the British Medical Journal today. http://phys.org/news206680920.html Medicine & Health Tue, 19 Oct 2010 04:22:18 EST news206680920 (PhysOrg.com) -- Liver cancer is the fifth most common cancer in the world and one of the deadliest cancers since it is rarely diagnosed until late in its development. http://phys.org/news190042719.html Medicine & Health Fri, 09 Apr 2010 14:50:01 EST news190042719 (PhysOrg.com) -- A study analysis by researchers at the University of Cincinnati confirms that the antibiotic rifaximin can reduce hospitalizations for patients and prevent the recurrence of a certain brain disorder caused by liver failure. http://phys.org/news188836301.html Medicine & Health Fri, 26 Mar 2010 16:00:02 EST news188836301 Researchers have identified two cellular proteins that are important factors in hepatitis C virus infection, a finding that may result in the approval of new and less toxic treatments for the disease, which can lead to liver cancer and cirrhosis. http://phys.org/news181910650.html Medicine & Health Tue, 05 Jan 2010 10:45:17 EST news181910650 A new study shows that muscle cells grown in the lab can restore an intestine's ability to squeeze shut properly. The work, performed in dogs and rats, might ultimately help treat patients with conditions such as gastric reflux and fecal incontinence. http://phys.org/news179160426.html Medicine & Health Fri, 04 Dec 2009 14:47:57 EST news179160426 Scientists have discovered a previously unknown link between a mother's diet in pregnancy and a severe form of liver disease in her child. http://phys.org/news174661978.html Medicine & Health Tue, 13 Oct 2009 14:14:02 EST news174661978 A team of scientists at the University of California, Riverside has found that even second-hand tobacco smoke exposure can result in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), a common disease and rising cause of chronic liver injury in which fat accumulates in the liver of people who drink little or no alcohol. http://phys.org/news171808160.html Medicine & Health Thu, 10 Sep 2009 13:50:23 EST news171808160 A national team of researchers led by scientists at Mayo Clinic has found that a common treatment for primary sclerosing cholangitis, a chronic liver disease, is not helpful for patients, according to a study published this month in the journal Hepatology. http://phys.org/news170682180.html Medicine & Health Fri, 28 Aug 2009 12:43:47 EST news170682180 Three cases of patients suffering from the adverse affects of steroid-enriched dietary supplements have been reported by researchers at Henry Ford Hospital. http://phys.org/news168623364.html Medicine & Health Tue, 04 Aug 2009 16:49:48 EST news168623364 Scientists have linked an overactive response by one of the immune system's key weapons against infection - natural killer, or NK, cells - to the onset of biliary atresia in infants, a disease where blocked bile ducts can cause severe liver damage and death. http://phys.org/news167476968.html Medicine & Health Wed, 22 Jul 2009 10:40:02 EST news167476968 For patients with the most common form of hepatitis C, the addition of a hepatitis C-specific protease inhibitor called telaprevir to the current standard therapy can significantly improve the chances of being cured, and it does it in half the time of standard therapy alone. http://phys.org/news163418460.html Medicine & Health Fri, 05 Jun 2009 11:02:04 EST news163418460 (PhysOrg.com) -- A study analysis by researchers at the University of Cincinnati confirms that the antibiotic rifaximin can reduce hospitalizations of patients with a certain brain disorder caused by liver failure. http://phys.org/news163092444.html Medicine & Health Mon, 01 Jun 2009 16:27:57 EST news163092444 A new study is the first to show that there is a previously unrecognized role for environmental pollution in liver disease in the general U.S. adult population. This work builds upon the groups' previous research demonstrating liver disease in highly-exposed chemical workers. The study is being presented during Digestive Disease Week 2009 (DDW), the largest international gathering of physicians and researchers in the fields of gastroenterology, hepatology, endoscopy and gastrointestinal surgery. http://phys.org/news162815194.html Medicine & Health Fri, 29 May 2009 11:27:06 EST news162815194 The globalization of health care and the growth of "transplant tourism" (traveling abroad to purchase donor organs and undergo organ transplantation) have outpaced the implementation of internationally accepted ethical standards for procurement of organs for transplantation. A new article appearing in Clinical Transplantation finds that both U.S. and foreign transplant physicians expressed serious concern about organ procurement practices in China, and that this concern influenced their patient care decisions. The study is the first to assess how the perceptions of healthcare providers on transplant tourism may influence domestic patient care decisions. http://phys.org/news159695328.html Medicine & Health Thu, 23 Apr 2009 08:49:32 EST news159695328 Two new studies in the April issue of Hepatology explore the ways that hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) can be cleared from patients' bodies. Hepatology is a journal published by John Wiley & Sons on behalf of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD). http://phys.org/news157809387.html Medicine & Health Wed, 01 Apr 2009 12:56:47 EST news157809387 Scientists have determined that a specific gene plays a role in the weight-gain response to a high-fat diet. The finding in an animal study suggests that blocking this gene could one day be a therapeutic strategy to reduce diet-related obesity and associated disorders, such as diabetes and liver damage, in humans. http://phys.org/news154712272.html Medicine & Health Tue, 24 Feb 2009 15:38:17 EST news154712272 Children with newly diagnosed cases of inflammatory bowel disease have higher concentrations of folate in their blood than individuals without IBD, according to a new study led by researchers at the University of California, San Francisco and UC Berkeley. The findings bring into question the previously held theory that patients with IBD are prone to folate - also known as folic acid - deficiency. http://phys.org/news152011513.html Medicine & Health Sat, 24 Jan 2009 09:30:22 EST news152011513 People on low-carbohydrate diets are more dependent on the oxidation of fat in the liver for energy than those on a low-calorie diet, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found in a small clinical study. http://phys.org/news151652573.html Medicine & Health Tue, 20 Jan 2009 05:43:46 EST news151652573