News tagged with liver injury
Research isolates liver cancer stem cells prior to tumor formation
Sep 17, 2009 |
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Penn State College of Medicine researchers, in collaboration with colleagues at the University of Southern California, have taken an important step in understanding the role of stem cells in development of liver cancer. Using ...
FDA probes liver damage with weight loss pill alli
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Aug 24, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The Food and Drug Administration is investigating reports of liver damage in patients taking alli, the only nonprescription weight loss drug approved by the agency.
Case studies: Dietary supplements with steroids pose health danger
Aug 04, 2009 |
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Three cases of patients suffering from the adverse affects of steroid-enriched dietary supplements have been reported by researchers at Henry Ford Hospital.
FDA weighs options to reduce painkiller overdoses
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Jun 29, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Tylenol, Excedrin, NyQuil. These household brands and others have come to symbolize safe, convenient relief from the aches and pains of everyday life. But this week the Food and Drug Administration ...
Environmental pollution increases the risk of liver disease
May 29, 2009 |
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A new study is the first to show that there is a previously unrecognized role for environmental pollution in liver disease in the general U.S. adult population. This work builds upon the groups' previous research demonstrating ...
FDA group recommends acetaminophen liver warnings
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May 27, 2009 |
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(AP) -- A Food and Drug Administration report released Wednesday recommends stronger warnings and dose limits on drugs containing the painkiller acetaminophen, citing an increased risk of liver injury.
Farnesoid X receptor regulates cystathionase
May 13, 2009 |
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The expression and activity of Cystathionase is reduced in rodent models of liver injury, leading to hyper-homocysteinemia and impaired generation of hydrogen sulphide, two factors that contribute to endothelial dysfunction ...
A novel method of isolating high quality RNA from Kupffer cells
Apr 17, 2009 |
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Kupffer cells, resident tissue macrophages that line the liver sinusoids, play a key role in modulating inflammation in a number of experimental models of liver injury. Since Kupffer cells represent only a small portion of ...
Stem cells crucial to diabetes cure in mice
Mar 16, 2009 |
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More than five years ago, Dr. Lawrence C.B. Chan and colleagues in his Baylor College of Medicine laboratory cured mice with type 1 diabetes by using a gene to induce liver cells to make insulin.
Antibiotics: Single largest class of drugs causing liver injury
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Dec 01, 2008 |
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Antibiotics are the single largest class of agents that cause idiosyncratic drug-induced liver injury (DILI), reports a new study in Gastroenterology, an official journal of the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) ...
How did glycine significantly decrease liver injury?
Oct 31, 2008 |
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The nonessential amino acid glycine has been shown to be anti-inflammatory in several animal injury models. Recent studies demonstrated that dietary glycine protected both the lung and liver against lethal doses of endotoxin ...
Liver damage in hepatitis C patients could be treated with warfarin, says study
Jul 31, 2008 |
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The drug warfarin may help prevent liver failure in thousands of people with Hepatitis C, according to new research.
Liver damage in Hepatitis C patients could be treated with warfarin, says new study
Jul 31, 2008 |
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The drug warfarin may help prevent liver failure in thousands of people with Hepatitis C, according to new research.
