News tagged with liver enzymes

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

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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

Genes modify the risk of liver disease among alcoholics

It has been widely observed that only a small percentage of alcoholics develop cirrhosis of the liver, the most advanced form of alcoholic liver disease (ALD); the reason why all alcoholics do not develop such disease is ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

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Heart disease: Long-term study proves benefit of statins

Statins safely reduce the risk of cardiovascular illness even years after treatment is stopped, according to a probe into the popular cholesterol-busters published on Wednesday.

Medicine & Health / Cardiology

created Nov 23, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 11

Study shows nanoparticles used as additives in diesel fuels can travel from lungs to liver

Recent studies conducted at Marshall University have demonstrated that nanoparticles of cerium oxide -- common diesel fuel additives used to increase the fuel efficiency of automobile engines -- can travel from the lungs ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Nov 17, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Milk thistle extract stops lung cancer in mice

Tissue with wound-like conditions allows tumors to grow and spread. In mouse lung cancer cells, treatment with silibinin, a major component of milk thistle, removed the molecular billboards that signal these wound-like conditions ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 15, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Good housekeeping maintains a healthy liver

Differences in the levels of two key metabolic enzymes may explain why some people are more susceptible to liver damage, according to a study in the October 17 issue of the Journal of Cell Biology.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Oct 17, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Largest ever genetic study of liver function could point the way to new treatments

Researchers have identified a large number of areas in the human genetic code that are involved in regulating the way in which the liver functions, in a new study of over 61,000 people, published today in the journal Nature Ge ...

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Oct 16, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Pancreatic cancer 4th most deadly, treatments few

(AP) -- Pancreatic cancer is notoriously lethal - there are almost as many deaths from it each year as there are new cases. The deaths this week of Apple founder Steve Jobs and Nobelist Ralph Steinman bring ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Oct 08, 2011 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Pancreatic cancer declining, but among most deadly

(AP) -- There are almost as many deaths from it each year as there are new cases. The deaths this week of Apple founder Steve Jobs and Nobelist Ralph Steinman bring unusual attention to this less-well-known ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Oct 06, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Coffee drinking improves hepatitis C treatment response

Advanced hepatitis C patients with chronic liver disease may benefit from drinking coffee during treatment, according to a new study in Gastroenterology, the official journal of the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

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Biochemists discover how a ‘molecular slingshot’ disrupts key proteins

(PhysOrg.com) -- An important basic science discovery reported by University of Massachusetts Amherst biochemists this week describes how certain proteins use an unusual, spring-loaded loop mechanism to cripple their target ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Jan 26, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Statins less dangerous than thought for liver patients

Long-term use of statins, a drug widely prescribed to prevent artery-blocking cholesterol, is less risky than thought for patients with a common form of liver disease, according to a study published on Wednesday by The La ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 24, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Research could improve detection of liver damage

Research at the University of Liverpool could lead to faster and more accurate diagnoses of liver damage.

Medicine & Health / Research

created Sep 17, 2010 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

New lymphoma treatment shows promise in dogs

Researchers have identified a new target for the treatment of lymphoma and are testing a potential new drug in pet dogs afflicted with the disease. At low doses, the compound, called S-PAC-1, arrested the ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Sep 07, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0