Liver harm caused by alcohol is a public health problem. Collectively, we need to take better care of our livers by taking steps to reduce alcohol consumption in the population.
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Before universal vaccination for hepatitis B began in 1991, 18,000 children contracted the virus by age 10 each year, and most of them developed chronic illness and liver damage. Vaccination reduced those infections by 95%.
The liver has remarkable self-healing powers. But it has limits, so don’t abuse it.
Vinyl chloride dilutes fairly quickly in outside air and water. One concern for lingering exposure from the derailment involves private wells.
Brief exposure to a family of chemicals used as flame retardants early in life can permanently alter fat levels in the blood and liver, raising the risk of liver cancer and heart disease.
A new analysis shows that the US health care system will save money in the long run by screening people born in Asia and Africa for the hepatitis B virus, which causes liver cancer and cirrhosis.
To prevent the epidemic of liver cancer that looms on the horizon, we need to tackle hepatitis B, hepatitis C and obesity.
New Scottish alcoholic liver disease figures show how far country’s problem is from being under control.
The liver is a special organ. Mature liver cells - or hepatocytes - have the capacity to continually divide and repair damage. But only so far. Excessive drinking and chronic liver disease, for example…
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Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer, University of Glasgow
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Senior Lecturer in Hepatology and Clinical Director of the Birmingham University Stem Cell Centre, University of Birmingham
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Affiliate Scientist, Toronto General Hospital Research Institute (TGHRI) and Emeritus Professor, University of Toronto
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Reader in Medical Statistics, University of Glasgow
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Director, Laboratory for Multiscale Regenerative Technologies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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Associate Professor of Health Management and Policy , University of Michigan
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Assistant Professor of Medicine and Environmental Health, Member of Pittburgh Liver Research Center, University of Pittsburgh
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Assistant Professor of Environmental Health Sciences, UMass Amherst
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Associate Professor of Hepatology, University of Plymouth
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Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Colorado Anschutz
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Director, Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research; Professor, Division of Medical Sciences, University of Victoria