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Heart attack: Experts claim a vegan diet can 'help prevent' them We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info Heart attacks are serious […]
NYU Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) researchers uncovered a code that sets the genome of the liver to account for the remarkable ability for this organ to regenerate. This finding offers new insight into how the specific genes that promote regeneration can be activated when part of the liver is removed. These findings have the potential to […]
Changes to gut microbiome are known to impact metabolic health. Physiologists at Laval University in Canada have discovered that diets containing low fiber and high fat cause significant shifts in the gut microbiome-;the collection of bacteria, viruses, fungi and other multicellular microorganisms that live in the gastrointestinal system. The study is published in the American […]
Immunotherapy is not only significantly less effective in liver cancer patients who previously had a liver disease called non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), but actually appears to fuel tumor growth, according to a Mount Sinai study published in Nature in March. NASH affects as many as 40 million people worldwide and is associated with obesity and diabetes. […]
Biomaterials are substances, natural or manmade, that are used in medicine to interact with the human body for various purposes, such as wound healing and tissue regeneration. Previous work on biomaterials has shown that they can affect cells in many ways, including how they grow, move, and the type of cell they develop into. Scientists […]
Early detection could reduce the number of African Americans dying from liver cancer, but current screening guidelines may not find cancer soon enough in this community, according to a study published in Cancer in February. Black patients with liver cancer often have a worse prognosis than those of other racial and ethnic groups. Mount Sinai […]
Chronic liver disease and even cirrhosis can go unnoticed for a long time because many patients have no symptoms: the liver suffers silently. When the body is no longer able to compensate for the liver’s declining performance, the condition deteriorates dramatically in a very short time: tissue fluid collects in the abdomen (ascites), internal bleeding […]
NOTICE: This Consumer Medicine Information (CMI) is intended for persons living in Australia. MUPHORAN fotemustine (pronounced fo-te-mus-teen ) Consumer Medicine Information What is in this leaflet This leaflet answers some of the common questions about MUPHORAN. It does not contain all the available information. Reading this leaflet does not take the place of talking to […]
NOTICE: This Consumer Medicine Information (CMI) is intended for persons living in Australia. APO-Amlodipine/Atorvastatin Tablets 5/10, 5/20, 5/40, 5/80, 10/10, 10/20, 10/40 & 10/80 TABLETS Contains the active ingredients amlodipine (as besylate) and atorvastatin (as calcium propylene glycol solvate) Consumer Medicine Information What is in this leaflet Read this leaflet carefully before taking your medicine. […]
NOTICE: This Consumer Medicine Information (CMI) is intended for persons living in Australia. ZITHROMAX® tablets and oral suspension Azithromycin (a-zithro-my-sin) Consumer Medicine Information What is in this leaflet This leaflet answers some common questions about Zithromax.It does not contain all the available information. It does not take the place of talking to your doctor or […]