News tagged with liver failure

Study shows soy protein alleviates symptoms of fatty liver disease

University of Illinois researchers report this week that new research shows how soy protein could significantly reduce fat accumulation and triglycerides in the livers of obese patients by partially restoring the function ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Apr 23, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Premature aging seen as issue for AIDS survivors

(AP) -- Having survived the first and worst years of the AIDS epidemic, when he was losing three friends to the disease in a day and undergoing every primitive, toxic treatment that then existed, Peter Greene ...

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Jun 11, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Fatty liver disease can lead to heart attack

Because of the prevalence of obesity in our country, many Americans are expected to develop a serious condition called non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), which can lead to cirrhosis, fibrosis, and in some cases liver ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Apr 19, 2011 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

First study in decade provides hope for patients suffering from primary biliary cirrhosis

Results from an international study presented today at the International Liver Congress have shown Obeticholic Acid (OCA) is a safe and effective treatment in patients suffering from Primary Biliary Cirrhosis (PBC) as demonstrated ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Mar 31, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Could HIV-infected organs save lives?

If Congress reversed its ban on allowing people with HIV to be organ donors after their death, roughly 500 HIV-positive patients with kidney or liver failure each year could get transplants within months, rather than the ...

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Mar 30, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Where you live drives wait for liver transplants

(AP) -- Doctors dropped another bomb soon after telling Matthew Rosiello it was time for a liver transplant: The 21-year-old isn't likely to get one any time soon in his home state of New York. Consider traveling ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Feb 14, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Grapes may ease liver disease: study

University of Queensland Diamantina Institute PhD student, Veronique Chachay, hopes to determine if a nutrient found in grape skin could hold the key to better managing non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD).

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Feb 07, 2011 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Scientists grow human liver tissue to be used for transplantation

A new study reports on the success of growing human liver cells on resorbable scaffolds made from material similar to surgical sutures. Researchers suggest that this liver tissue could be used in place of donor organs during ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Jan 20, 2011 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

FDA warns of liver damage reports with Sanofi drug

(AP) -- Federal health officials are warning doctors and patients that a recently-launched heart drug from Sanofi-Aventis SA has been linked to liver damage in a handful of patients.

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Jan 14, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

FDA orders lower doses in prescription painkillers

(AP) -- Federal health regulators are limiting a key ingredient found in Vicodin, Percocet and other prescription painkillers that have been linked to thousands of cases of liver damage each year.

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Jan 13, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

FDA cracks down on illegal supplements

(AP) -- The Food and Drug Administration is cracking down on manufacturers of certain weight loss, body building and sexual enhancement supplements that contain potentially dangerous ingredients.

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Dec 15, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Study finds anti-microbials a common cause of drug-induced liver injury and failure

New research shows that anti-microbial medications are a common cause of drug-induced liver injury (DILI) leading to acute liver failure (ALF), with women and minorities disproportionately affected. While ALF evolves slowly, ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Nov 30, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Hormone's crucial role in 2 anemic blood disorders

A hormone made by the body may be a potential therapeutic tool for the treatment of two anemic blood disorders -- beta-thalassemia and hemochromatosis. The new research was led by scientists at Weill Cornell Medical College ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Nov 23, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Japanese researchers report on liver transplantation studies using animal and iPS cells

Two research teams from the Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine (Okayama, Japan) have reported breakthrough studies in liver cell transplantation. One team found that the technical breakthrough in creating induced ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Oct 18, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Research could improve detection of liver damage

Research at the University of Liverpool could lead to faster and more accurate diagnoses of liver damage.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Sep 17, 2010 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Liver failure

Liver failure is the inability of the liver to perform its normal synthetic and metabolic function as part of normal physiology. Two forms are recognised:

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