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• Medical Insurance Plans

  
  Health Choices — Authority: 149
  In recent years the number of people who report critically on the disease has grown at a phenomenal rate in the UK. People suffering from various diseases such as asthma, cardiovascular complications, liver disease and high blood pressure to fill in almost all parts of the country. Doctors and medical experts, ...
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• Simple test to predict a person’s likelihood of breaking hip

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 716
  London, November 20 (ANI): Researchers have come up with a questionnaire that will help determine an individual’s chances of breaking their hips.Experts at the University of Nottingham have developed the system of QFractureScores for patients at risk of osteoprosis, or brittle bone disease.The system can speculate ...
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• Toward Explaining Why Hepatitis B Hits Men Harder Than Women

  
  Health News from Medical News Today — Authority: 721
  Scientists in China are reporting discovery of unusual liver proteins, found only in males, that may help explain the long-standing mystery of why the hepatitis B virus (HBV) sexually discriminates -- hitting men harder than women. Their study has been published online in ACS Journal of Proteome Research, a monthly ...
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• Dynavax Completes Enrollment Of First Cohort Of Patients In Phase 1b Clinical Trial For Hepatitis B Therapy

  
  Health News from Medical News Today — Authority: 721
  Dynavax Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ: DVAX) announced today that enrollment has been completed for the first of three cohorts of patients receiving DV-601 hepatitis B therapy in a Phase 1b clinical trial. The safety profile of patients in the first cohort met pre-specified criteria for dose escalation and the ...
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• Alnylam Presents New Pre-clinical Data On ALN-VSP, An RNAi Therapeutic For The Treatment Of Liver Cancer

  
  Health News from Medical News Today — Authority: 721
  Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: ALNY), a leading RNAi therapeutics company, announced new pre-clinical data from its ALN-VSP program presented at the AACR-NCI-EORTC Molecular Targets and Cancer Therapeutics International conference being held November 15 - 19, 2009 in Boston, Mass.
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• Why Hepatitis B Hits Men Harder Than Women

  
  Health News from Medical News Today — Authority: 721
  Scientists in China are reporting discovery of unusual liver proteins, found only in males, that may help explain the long-standing mystery of why the hepatitis B virus (HBV) sexually discriminates -- hitting men harder than women. Their study has been published online in ACS Journal of Proteome Research, a monthly ...
  3 days ago

• The Antifibrotic Effects Of Green Tea

  
  Health News from Medical News Today — Authority: 721
  Several studies have shown that lipid peroxidation stimulates collagen production in fibroblasts and hepatic stellate cells (HSC), and plays an important role in the development of liver fibrosis. Hepatoprotective effects of green tea against carbon tetrachloride, cholestasis and alcohol induced liver fibrosis were ...
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• Is Hepatic Differentiation Of Embryonic Stem Cells Induced By Valproic Acid And Cytokines?

  
  Health News from Medical News Today — Authority: 721
  Embryonic stem (ES) cells, known for their capacity to proliferate indefinitely and differentiate into almost all types of cells including hepatocytes, have raised the hope of cellular replacement therapy for liver failure.
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• All Basics about Liver Failure Alternative Medicines

  
  Alternative Medicine Resources — Authority: 113
  Liver failure is a serious condition that definitely needs a combination of traditional and liver failure alternative medicines. Liver failure can be caused by several different things. The most common causes of liver failure include alcoholism, Hepatitis C, and Cancer. Liver failure can come in two forms. One is ...
  5 days ago

• Acetaminophen-Related Liver Damage May Be Prevented By Common Herbal Medicine

  
  Health News from Medical News Today — Authority: 721
  A well-known Eastern medicine supplement may help avoid the most common cause of liver transplantation, according to a study by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine.
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• InterMune Announces Modification To On-Going Phase 2b Study Of ITMN-191 In Patients With Chronic HCV Infection

  
  Health News from Medical News Today — Authority: 721
  InterMune, Inc. (Nasdaq: ITMN) announced that the on-going Phase 2b study conducted by Roche of ITMN-191 (RG7227) combined with standard of care (SOC) PEGASYS® (peginterferon alfa-2a) and COPEGUS® (ribavirin) in HCV treatment-naive patients has been modified. The Phase 2b study has four dosage cohorts: SOC; 300mg ...
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• HIGH FAT DIET UPS LIVER DISEASE RISK IN OFFSPRING

  
  Avaxhome,Astalavista,ESnips & All.. — Authority: 137
  Imagine your child having a liver problem because of your consumption of food with high fat. Hard to believe, right! Researchers at the University of Southampton have found that a high fat diet during pregnancy increases the chances of the offspring developing liver disease in adulthood. Non-alcoholic fatty liver ...
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• U.S. Plans Raw Oyster Ban in Gulf Coast

  
  TakePart Social Action Network — Authority: 627
  As the start of 2011, a Gulf Coast tradition will be altered indefinitely. The U.S. will ban the sale of raw oysters harvested from the region in the warm months, a decision made recently by the FDA. The purpose of the ban is that nearly all deaths associated with raw oysters have been from those infected with ...
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• Public Health Experts Call On The Scottish Parliament To Do The Right Thing And Introduce Minimum Pricing For Alcohol

  
  Fight Hangovers — Authority: 157
  Link: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171051.php At the Faculty of Public Health Scottish conference in Peebles, delegates called on the Scottish and UK governments to introduce new measures to curb binge drinking, anti-social behaviour and to tackle Scotlands increasing alcohol-related health problems. ...
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• Hepatitis C Screening Of Mothers Using Methadone And Their Babies Is Inadequate, Australia

  
  Health News from Medical News Today — Authority: 721
  Screening for Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection among pregnant women on methadone maintenance treatment and their infants is inadequate, according to the authors of a study published in the Medical Journal of Australia.
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• Uninsurable for Health Insurance?

  
  fresh healthy body — Authority: 152
  Individuals with pre existing conditions like diabetes, cancer, heart disease , heart attack , stroke, kidney disease, liver disease, AIDS, depression and a long list of other health conditions, have found it almost impossible to find affordable healthcare. These health issues are causing thousands of ...
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• Chinese Scientists Develop Database on the Liver

  
  EmpowHer.com - Site Activity Feed — Authority: 546
  FRIDAY, Nov. 13 (HealthDay News) -- Chinese scientists report that they have created an extensive database about proteins produced by genes in the human liver, an endeavor they say could become the foundation for new treatments for liver disease. read more
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• 7 Fundamentals of Fitness

  
  TheFinestWriter Blog — Authority: 116
  Obesity kills. This has been proven time and again by a multitude of studies on obesity. The United States Center for Disease Control writes that obesity increases the likelihood that one develops coronary heart disease, certain types of cancer, type 2 diabetes, hypertension, stroke, liver disease, respiratory ...
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• Chinese Scientists Develop Database of Liver Proteins For Numerous Health Treatments

  
  The Inquisitr Entertainment — Authority: 740
  Beijing, China (AHN) – Scientists from 11 research centers in China are reporting the creation of a database containing proteins produced by genes in a single human organ. Researcher’s area of focus was the liver in the hopes of creating a massive assortment in both protein and transcript levels which could be ...
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• Body fat stored in the liver, not the belly, is the best indicator of disease

  
  Muslim Media Network — Authority: 479
  Posted On: August 24, 2009 – 7:30pm New findings from nutrition researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis suggest that it’s not whether body fat is stored in the belly that affects metabolic risk factors for diabetes, high blood triglycerides, and cardiovascular disease, but whether it ...
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