Wednesday, December 3, 2008

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Liver of dead toddler saves the life of another baby from Yarka
Jerusalem Post - Israel
Her liver was transplanted in the boy in the Schneider Pediatric Medical Center. Other organs from Ella's body were sent to Italy, which coordinates organ ...
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Tuesday, December 2, 2008

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Anadys shares rise on review for hepatitis C drug
CNNMoney.com - USA
Hepatitis C is a blood-borne infection causing liver inflammation and can eventually lead to liver failure or liver cancer. Chronic hepatitis C affects ...
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Antimicrobials the Leading Cause of Drug-Induced Liver Injury
MedPage Today - Little Falls,NJ,USA
2 -- Antimicrobials account for nearly half of all cases of drug-induced liver injury, excluding those caused by acetaminophen, researchers found. ...
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British doctors operating to separate twins joined at the chest in ...
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
They are said to share a liver and intestines. "I would be optimistic about their chances," said Dr. Charles Stolar, pediatric surgeon in chief at Morgan ...
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Chicago Daily Herald
Wheeling native was one of area's first to receive liver transplant
Chicago Daily Herald - Chicago,IL,USA
By Eileen O. Daday | Daily Herald Correspondent One of the first Chicago-area recipients of a liver transplant has died. Jill Terreberry, a Wheeling native ...
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Antibiotics Most Likely to Cause Drug Induced Liver Injury
Newsinferno.com - New York,NY,USA
Antibiotics are the drugs most responsible for the occurrence of drug induced liver injury (DILI), a new study has found. According to a press release ...
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BBC News
Liver disease killing more Scots
BBC News - UK
Scotland's top doctor has revealed that the number of deaths from alcoholic liver disease has overtaken those from heart attacks in some deprived areas. ...
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New Drive Against Liver Disease
StaffNurse.com - UK
British specialists have launched a new drive against liver disease, drawing together academic and hospital-based research. Projects to study the causes and ...
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Rare abacavir liver side-effects reported
Aidsmap - UK
Two cases of liver toxicity caused by the anti-HIV drug abacavir (Ziagen, also in the combination pill Kivexa) have been reported in the November 30 th ...
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Ian’s liver saves Sevinç’s life
Hürriyet - Turkey
İZMİR - An expatriate in Didim, Ian Salmon, has never met Sevinç Kurtdede, but still they shared a part of their existence when Salmon’s liver was ...
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Lungs have their own kind of high blood pressure
SouthCoastToday.com - New Bedford,MA,USA
Ten years ago, he had a liver transplant. He has lab work done every month, and the results are always good. He just had a hernia repaired, ...
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Women Less Likely to Get Liver Transplants
Ivanhoe - Winter Park,FL,USA
(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Changes in how donor livers are allocated to patients may be hurting women. New research from Duke University Medical Center finds ...
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Duluth man faces charges in death of neighbor's toddler
Minneapolis Star Tribune - Minneapolis,MN,USA
A St. Louis County medical examiner performed an autopsy and found the boy suffered multiple tears in his liver. The death was ruled a homicide. ...
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Little balls of fire
New Straits Times - Persekutuan,Malaysia
By : SUZANNA PILLAY SUZANNA PILLAY writes of a procedure using microscopic spheres to deliver internal radiation directly to inoperable liver tumours. ...
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Liver Recipient Gives Away Gold Medal
KCRG - Cedar Rapids,IA,USA
By Matt Nelson Three years ago Iowa City resident Bill Klahn was diagnosed with liver cancer. Shortly thereafter he received a transplant. ...
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Antibiotics Largest Cause of Drug-Induced Liver Damage
U.S. News & World Report - Washington,DC,USA
1 (HealthDay News) -- Antibiotics are the single largest class of drugs that cause idiosyncratic drug-induced liver injury (DILI), researchers say. ...
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Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Improves after Bariatric Surgery
MedPage Today - Little Falls,NJ,USA
1 -- In obese patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, weight-loss surgery led to improvement or resolution of the condition in more than 90% of ...
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Excessive alcohol can put liver at risk
Shanghai Daily - Shanghai,China
We must look after our liver, writes Chen Qianqing. Sometimes when sumptuous meals are served up, it's hard to say no, while at other times we simply don't ...
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Drug Topics Magazine
Growth Factor Treats Obesity and Fatty Liver Disease in Mice ...
Drug Topics Magazine - Woodcliff Lake,NJ,USA
Changes in body weight, caloric intake and physical activity were monitored to determine the growth factor's effect on obesity, while alterations in liver ...
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Sunday, November 30, 2008

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The Spokesman Review
A leap of faith and an inspiration
The Spokesman Review - Spokane,WA,USA
Aiden was born with alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency, an inherited disorder that causes liver disease. Alpha-1 antitrypsin is a protein produced by the liver ...
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Illness just means mom tries harder
The Union Leader - Manchester,NH,USA
Last spring, when the pain began, "they thought I had liver cancer," she says. In October, she was hospitalized as doctors removed part of her liver to ...
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Livers go to sickest, access for blacks improves
guardian.co.uk - UK
AP foreign, Saturday November 29 2008 By CARLA K. JOHNSON Associated Press Writer= CHICAGO (AP) - Blacks waiting for a liver transplant used to be more ...
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BBC News
Decision due on conjoined twins
BBC News - UK
They are joined from their breastbone to their navel, so share a liver but have separate hearts. Their mother told the Mail on Sunday that her babies, ...
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Ore. commissioner gets liver transplant at 68
Hillsboro Argus - OregonLive.com - Hillsboro,OR,USA
(AP) — A Jackson County commissioner has made it through a liver transplant. Friends and the hospital say 68-year-old Jack Walker is recovering in Portland ...
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Daily Mail
I had to have a new liver, but I still don't believe that ...
Daily Mail - UK
It hides for decades, but if you don't get it sorted out, it can mean cirrhosis, liver cancer and, well, you know...' Cirrhosis? I was stumped. ...
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New System for the Distribution for Donated Livers
HealthNews - Carslbad,CA,USA
Thanks to a new allocation system for liver transplants that gives preference to patients that have the greatest need—rather than the time they have spent ...
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Saturday, November 29, 2008

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34-day-old liver transplant recipient leaves health center
The Daily Yomiuri - Osaka,Japan
The other infant of the same weight who survived a liver transplant operation underwent the procedure at Kyoto University Hospital in 2004. ...
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Natural News.com
Eight Simple Methods to Alleviate Insomnia
Natural News.com - Phoenix,AZ,USA
When we sleep most of the blood ends up in the liver and spleen. During this time, the liver is particularly busy not only filtering the blood but ...
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Two more months of Portland recovery for Walker
Mail Tribune - Medford,OR,USA
By Damian Mann Jackson County Commissioner Jack Walker is recovering quickly after undergoing a liver transplant Wednesday night in Portland. ...
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Phila. transplant programs risk losing US funds
Philadelphia Inquirer - Philadelphia,PA,USA
The liver program at Hahnemann University Hospital and the storied heart-transplant program at Temple University Hospital are in jeopardy of losing Medicare ...
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Friday, November 28, 2008

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Transplant access shows improvement
Atlanta Journal Constitution - GA, USA
By Carla K. Johnson AP Chicago —- Black people waiting for a liver transplant used to be more likely to die compared to white people. ...
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Walker making steady progress after liver-transplant operation
Mail Tribune - Medford,OR,USA
That was at 9:30 am at Oregon Health & Science University in Portland, where Walker was in good condition after getting a new liver Wednesday night. ...
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System cuts race bias from liver transplants
News & Observer - Raleigh,NC,USA
The liver helps process nutrients from food and turns them into materials the body needs to be healthy. Numerous diseases, including metabolic disorders, ...
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Patrick Swayze's Cancer Spreads
MTV UK - London,England,UK
According to the National Enquirer magazine, Patrick Swayze's pancreatic cancer has spread to his liver and he has started preparing himself for death. ...
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Thursday, November 27, 2008

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Master Gene Plays Key Role In Blood Sugar Levels
Science Daily (press release) - USA
Further examination showed that the lack of SRC-2 prevents an important enzyme from converting sugar stored in the liver into a form that can go into the ...
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A lifesaving attempt leaves man in need of his own savior
The Virginian-Pilot - Norfolk,VA,USA
Beach has had no problem finding folks willing to sacrifice half their liver for him. It's finding the right person that has proved difficult. ...
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Indian Baby Born With Heart, Liver Outside of Body
FOXNews - USA
Surgeons in India will attempt to save the life of a baby girl who was born with her heart and part of her liver growing outside her body, Reuters reported. ...
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Liver Transplantation Allocation System Has Improved Racial ...
DG News - USA
CHICAGO -- November 27, 2008 -- Following introduction of a new system in 2002 to determine the allocation of donated livers, black patients no longer are ...
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Enhanced serum concentrations of transforming growth factor-beta1 ...
7thSpace Interactive (press release) - New York,NY,USA
Inside the spectrum of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, simple fatty liver is generally thought of as being "non progressive", differently from ...
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Science Magazine (subscription) - USA
In addition, SRC-2 ablation, in both a whole-body and liver-specific manner, resulted in a Von Gierke's disease phenotype in mice. ...
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Racial Disparities No Longer Exist in Liver Transplant
eFluxMedia - USA
By Anna Boyd Thanks to a new system adopted in 2002 and called MELD Score System ((Model for End-Stage Liver Disease), racial disparities in liver ...
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New System Eliminates Racial Disparities in Liver Transplants
Kaiser network.org - Washington,DC,USA
A new system for determining eligibility for liver transplants has improved black liver patients' chances of receiving the life-saving treatment, ...
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Walker in hospital for liver transplant
Mail Tribune - Medford,OR,USA
At 4 pm Wednesday, the 68-year-old Phoenix resident was being prepared for surgery at Oregon Health & Science University to remove his failing liver and ...
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