in September 2010.? It raised 184 in June, 2011. I am a smoker. I also have a problem of Heomirides. I rarely bleed with the stool. I have not taken any treatment yet. Please advise about meals and anything else.
New research from the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California (USC) may help prevent damage to the liver caused by drugs like acetaminophen and other stressors. Acetaminophen, more commonly known as Tylenol, helps relieve pain and reduce fever. The over-the-counter drug...
NYU School of Medicine researchers have discovered that dendritic cells in the liver have a protective role against the toxicity of acetaminophen, the widely used over-the-counter pain reliever and fever reducer for adults and children. The study's findings are published in the September issue...
Babies born to fatter mothers are not only fatter themselves, which we already knew, but also have more fat in their livers, which we didn't know, according to a new study published in the September 2011 issue of the journal Pediatric Research. The researchers, from Imperial College London...
Up to half-a-million overweight/obese children in England have a significant risk of developing "fatty liver disease", Professor Martin Lombard, the country's National Clinical Director for Liver Disease has warned. Fatty liver disease, also known in this case as non-alcoholic fatty liver...
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 failure. It is also one of the best predictors for coronary artery...
1.4 , .2-1.2 N,albumin -3.? my bilirubin is 1.4, .2-1.2N, is there a danger that i will intoxicated?4 days now,since informed by the dr. i've been taking fresh fruit juices w/apples,pears,beets,ccumber,tomato,lowfat cottage cheese, sometimes passing pain,then sometimes bathroom after eating,i...
I did a blood test for my ALT and Mono, this was the result
Mono Positive
ALT : 846 normal range <50U/L
Does mono increase liver enzymes thaaaaat muchh? is this dangerous?
17 year old male
I have a bad liver so I stopped drinking and stopped smoking cigarettes, but now I puff on electronic cigarettes. They have no tobacco or any of the other poisons in cigarettes but they do contain nicotine. Thanks in advance.
Hepatitis A virus (HAV) is an epidemiologically important virus with a worldwide distribution and causes acute hepatitis in humans. Acute HAV superinfection causes severe liver disease, acute liver failure and even higher mortality rates in patients with underlying chronic liver disease (CLD)...
Curcumin, a chemical that gives curry its zing, holds promise in preventing or treating liver damage from an advanced form of a condition known as fatty liver disease, new Saint Louis University research suggests. Curcurmin is contained in turmeric, a plant used by the Chinese to make...
Robert G. Gish, MD, world-renowned hepatologist, has been recruited to the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine to co-direct the Center for Hepatobiliary Disease and Abdominal Transplantation (CHAT) - a multidisciplinary program designed to offer adult and pediatric patients in...
The Donor Risk Index, which assesses donor characteristics impacting liver transplantation outcomes, does not bear the same impact on outcomes on a small scale as is suggested from large-scale, national data. Rather, hepatitis C was shown to continue to be the major contributor to poor graft...
I'd like to know more about how its caused,
the severity of the disease,
and if it's more likely to happen to a certain type of people (underweight, overweight, young, old, etc.)
Thank you
For patients in need of a liver transplant, their choice of a transplant center can make a noteworthy difference in their outcomes, according to a Mayo Clinic study presented at the American Transplant Congress under way May 1-5 in San Diego. "We did find significant variation between centers in...
For patients in need of a liver transplant, their choice of a transplant center can make a noteworthy difference in their outcomes, according to a Mayo Clinic study presented at the American Transplant Congress under way May 1-5 in San Diego. "We did find significant variation between centers in...
Recent studies suggest that modifiable risk factors such as cigarette smoking and fructose consumption can worsen nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). With NAFLD, fat accumulates in the liver of overweight individuals despite drinking little alcohol, causing in some cases liver scarring...
Recent studies suggest that modifiable risk factors such as cigarette smoking and fructose consumption can worsen nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). With NAFLD, fat accumulates in the liver of overweight individuals despite drinking little alcohol, causing in some cases liver scarring...