Doctors use a system called MELD or model for end-stage liver disease to score patients awaiting liver transplantation and assign them a place on this list. Many individuals placed on this list die before receiving a donor's liver. New research is being done to decrease wait times and alternative methods of approaching survival. In the picture above the smaller lobe is the one used for transplanting of a living donor. That is the left side.
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The Global Liver Institute (GLI) is declaring war on NASH (liver disease), calling it a hidden epidemic in a recent press release. NASH (non-alcoholic steatohepatitis) affects an estimated 115 million people globally. Tragically, NASH will become the number one cause for liver transplants next year. In this article, we are going to explore important facts about fatty liver disease and the top 5 foods that you should avoid to prevent it.
For healthcare workers, there has been a vaccine for Hepatitis B for some time now. T-cell immunity plays a vital role in pathogen infections. MicroRNA are small, single-stranded non-coding RNAs that regulate T-cell immunity by targeting key factors, signaling and proteins and cytokines associated with T-cell activation, differentiation, and function. This study of specific immune responses can provide new therapeutic opportunities against various infectious diseases.
An ultrasound paired with a blood test leads to a 40% improvement in cancer diagnoses, especially when it comes to liver cancer.
New research gives alcoholics another good reason to quit their drinking habit in 2018. Alcohol directly damages your DNA, and if that weren’t bad enough, it also increases your cancer risk. These are the consequences of a toxic chemical produced during your body’s attempt to process alcohol.
Research indicates that baking soda can remove as much as 96% of pesticides from our fruits and vegetables. Buying organic produce would still be the best option, but if you’re struggling to eat 100% organic this handy trick will be a big help.
According to cancer.net, Liver Cancer is the 10th most common cancer and the 5th most common cause of cancer death among men. It is also the 8th most common cause of cancer death among women. Mainstream treatments vary from surgery, chemotherapy or radiation. But what if there were natural remedies, scientifically proven, to kill liver cancer cells? Well, there are, and to find out more about 3 vegan remedies that can kill liver cancer cells, read on.
Yesterday was a big day for the people looking for liver cancer treatment new options as FDA expanded the indications of Bayer's Regorafenib (Stivarga) to include the treatment of patients with liver cancer who have until now been treated with Sorafenib.
GMO Insulin Shuts Down The Pancreas In Type 2 Diabetes Escalating Patients To Type 1, But You Can Avoid It
GMO Insulin has been shown to accelerate Type 2 Diabetes to Type 1 Diabetes, a study finds.
Researchers say if you think that binge drinking is safer for your liver than regular heavy drinking than perhaps you should stop and think this over again.
People who drink three or more alcoholic beverages per day could be increasing their chances of developing liver cancer.