Source: National Cancer Institute Related MedlinePlus Topic: Liver Cancer
Hepatitis B Vaccination Protects Against Liver Cancer
Posted by mittan 67 days ago (http://www.nlm.nih.gov)
Immunization program for newborns has lasting effects beyond childhood, researchers say Source: HealthDay Related MedlinePlus Topics: Childhood Immunization, Hepatitis B, Liver Cancer
Researchers in Australia determined that patients with a sedentary lifestyle who engage in routine physical activities lower their risk of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). The lower risk of problems associated with fatty liver was not contingent upon weight loss, but a direct result from the increased aerobic exercise.
One way in which men and women differ is in their expression of liver proteins that control a large number of whole-body processes such as energy generation and lipid and steroid hormone production and turnover. Now, Walter Wahli and colleagues, at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland, have identified a new mechanism underlying this differential expression of proteins in male and female mice.
HealthDay - TUESDAY, Aug. 25 (HealthDay News) -- As U.S. health officials announced Monday that they are investigating the weight-loss drug orlistat for possible incidents of liver damage, experts noted the drug might not even work well enough to warrant such potential risks.
Reuters - U.S. health officials are reviewing reports of liver injury in people who took Roche Holding AG's weight loss drug Xenical or the over-the-counter version sold by GlaxoSmithKline.
Primary liver cancers 'soaring'
Posted by donny_blitz 96 days ago (http://news.bbc.co.uk)
Cases of primary liver cancer, an often preventable disease, have trebled in the last 30 years, figures suggests.
Liver Transplant Risky in the Very Thin or Very Fat
Posted by mittan 98 days ago (http://www.nlm.nih.gov)
Liver transplantation "holds increased risk" in adults who are very thin or very obese before surgery, research shows. Source: Reuters Health Related MedlinePlus Topic: Liver Transplantation
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