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How gastric bypass rapidly reverses diabetes symptoms

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Sep 02, 2008 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

A report in the September Cell Metabolism, a publication of Cell Press, offers new evidence to explain why those who undergo gastric bypass surgery often show greater control of their diabetes symptoms within days. It als ...


Hepatic encephalopathy and prehepatic portal hypertension rat model

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created Jun 29, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Portal hypertension is responsible for severe and often lethal complications of cirrhosis. Another important syndrome is hepatic encephalopathy as a consequence of acute and chronic liver failure, which is characterized by ...





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Portal vein thrombosis is common in extraportal vein obstruction

Medicine & Health / Research

created Oct 12, 2007 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Among the 118 patients with portal vein thrombosis, noncirrhotic and nontumoral extrahepatic portal vein obstruction are young and present with well tolerated bleed. Cirrhosis and tumor related portal vein thrombosis patients ...


Sagem and Hitachi unveil multi-modal finger vein and fingerprint device

Technology / Engineering

created Oct 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Sagem Sécurité and Hitachi, the engineering and information technology giant will unveil the first ever multi-modal finger vein and fingerprint device at Biometrics 2009 in London, Finger VP.


Hitachi develops a 3mm thin-type finger vein authentication module

Hitachi develops a 3mm thin-type finger vein authentication module

Electronics / Hardware

created Sep 02, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Hitachi, Ltd. today announced the development of a 3mm thick thin-type finger vein authentication module. Finger vein authentication is a biometric identification technology which employs near infrared light ...


Combination therapy reverses effects of portal hypertension in rats

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created Oct 01, 2007 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A combined treatment with rapamycin and Gleevec might reverse the effects of portal hypertension in patients with chronic liver disease, according to the results of a new study on rats. The study is in the October issue of ...


Medication may improve portal hypertension

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created Apr 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

In a new study, a therapeutic agent called sorafenib dramatically improved the condition of rats with portal hypertension. The drug is already approved in several countries for treatment of kidney and liver cancer, and it ...


New Jefferson trial to test radiation-emitting beads against advanced liver cancer

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created Feb 12, 2008 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Liver cancer specialists at Jefferson’s Kimmel Cancer Center in Philadelphia are beginning an 18-month study of a new treatment for liver cancer. The therapy entails injecting tiny beads that emit small amounts of radiation ...


New treatment found to reduce vision loss from central retinal vein occlusion

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created Sep 14, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists have identified the first long-term, effective treatment to improve vision and reduce vision loss associated with blockage of large veins in the eye. This research was part of a multi-center, phase III clinical ...


Study shows carvedilol is effective in preventing variceal bleeding in cirrhotic patients

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created Aug 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Patients with cirrhosis are at risk for developing portal hypertension that can lead to the formation, dilation, and rupture of esophageal varices. The annual incidence of esophageal varices is approximately 5% and one third ...


Help for liver transplant patients with small-for-size syndrome

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created Feb 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Blocking off the splenic artery, either through surgical ligation or radiological coiling, helped six out of seven patients suffering from small-for-size syndrome after a partial liver transplant. This finding is in the February ...


A useful imaging modality for monitoring treatment response to hepatocellular carcinoma

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created Oct 31, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

TACE has been widely accepted as a choice of treatment for advanced HCC. CT perfusion is a non-invasive and reproducible technique for assessing perfusion changes due to TACE therapy for locally advanced HCC. However, there ...



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