News tagged with liver blood

ESC cardiologists 'intrigued' by novel approach to heart failure

The European Society of Cardiology (ESC) welcomes an "intriguing" study, published today in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, featuring a completely novel approach for improving endothelial function in hea ...

Medicine & Health / Cardiology

created Jan 30, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

System to deliver organ transplant drug -- without harmful side effects

A new system for delivering a drug to organ transplant patients, which could avoid the risk of harmful side effects, is being developed by scientists at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow.

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Jan 26, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Homicide drops off US list of top causes of death

(AP) -- For the first time in 45 years, homicide has fallen off the list of the nation's top 15 causes of death, government health officials said Wednesday.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 11, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Gut hormone leads to weight loss in overweight or obese patients

Giving overweight or obese patients a gut hormone that suppresses appetite leads to clinically beneficial weight loss as well as reduced blood pressure and cholesterol levels, finds a study published in the British Medical ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Genetic and mechanistic basis for rotor syndrome uncovered

The main symptom of Rotor syndrome is jaundice caused by a buildup of a substance known as conjugated bilirubin. Bilirubin is a yellow substance generated in large quantities when the body recycles red blood cells. It is ...

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Jan 09, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Radical surgery saves life of young mom

A team led by Dr. Alan Hemming, transplant surgeon at UC San Diego Health System, has successfully performed the West Coast's first ex-vivo liver resection, a radical procedure to completely remove and reconstruct a diseased ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jan 06, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Genetic test for Plavix use may be unneeded: study

A new study published Wednesday cast doubt on the usefulness of a genetic test for patients taking the anti-coagulant drug Plavix, calling into question last year's FDA warning about the blood thinner.

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Dec 29, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Antibody injection promising for diabetes and obesity

(Medical Xpress) -- Researchers at Genetech Inc. in South San Francisco, California, led by molecular biologist Junichiro Sonoda, have discovered that a single injection of antibodies into obese diabetic mice provided a marked ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 16, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (8) | comments 2 | with audio podcast report

Paracetamol: Repeated ingestion of slightly too much can be fatal -- recognize and treat quickly

Repeatedly taking slightly too much paracetamol over time can cause a dangerous overdose that is difficult to spot, but puts the person at danger of dying. Patients may not come to hospital reporting the overdose, but because ...

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Nov 23, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 6

Scientists identify new class of antimalarial compounds

An international team led by scientists from the Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation (GNF) and The Scripps Research Institute has discovered a family of chemical compounds that could lead ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Nov 17, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Experimental drug suppresses rebound of hepatitis C virus in liver transplant patients

A human monoclonal antibody developed by MassBiologics of the University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMMS) given to patients with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection undergoing liver transplantation significantly ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 07, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Birth cohort screening for hepatitis C is cost effective, could save thousands of lives each year

According to a new study being published early online in Annals of Internal Medicine, the flagship journal of the American College of Physicians, birth cohort screening for hepatitis C is cost effective in the primary care s ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 04, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Calif. surgery to separate conjoined twins begins

(AP) -- Surgery is under way in Northern California to separate twin girls joined at the chest and abdomen.

Medicine & Health / Other

created Nov 01, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Scientists make human blood protein from rice

Scientists at a Chinese university said Monday they can use rice to make albumin, a protein found in human blood that is often used for treating burns, traumatic shock and liver disease.

Biology / Biotechnology

created Oct 31, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (7) | comments 0

Team identifies key protein causing excess liver production of glucose in diabetes

Researchers at the John G. Rangos Sr. Research Center at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC and the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine have identified a powerful molecular pathway that regulates the liver's ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Sep 28, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast