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NASH: the first World Awareness day for fatty-liver disease

Autoimmune hepatitis
Benign liver tumours
Cirrhosis
Hepatic failure
Hepatic veno-occlusive disease
Hepatitis A
Hepatitis and liver diseases
Hepatitis B
Hepatitis D
Hepatitis E
Hepatitis H
Hepatitis of the child
Hepatorenal syndrome
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and NASH
Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis

NASH: the first World Awareness day for fatty-liver disease

12 Jun 2018

Starting from today, June 12 officially becomes International non-alcoholic steatohepatitis day*, which is a great opportunity to raise awareness about this disease thanks to the NASH community on...

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Tea towels 'can cause food poisoning'

Tea towels 'can cause food poisoning'

12 Jun 2018

Multi-use of tea towels is putting households at risk of food poisoning, research suggests.Scientists from the University of Mauritius examined 100 towels that had been used for a month. They found...

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Canada Senate passes bill legalizing recreational marijuana

Canada Senate passes bill legalizing recreational marijuana

8 Jun 2018

Ottawa, June 8, 2018 (AFP) - Canada's Senate passed a bill Thursday legalizing recreational marijuana, moving it closer to becoming the first member of the Group of Seven nations to legalize the...

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Vegetarian diet reduces heart disease death risk by 40 percent

Vegetarian diet reduces heart disease death risk by 40 percent

6 Jun 2018

The latest in a long line of papers on the many health benefits of reducing meat intake concludes that a plant-based diet is great news for your heart.Vegetarianism and veganism are steadily becoming...

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How much should seniors exercise to improve brain function?

How much should seniors exercise to improve brain function?

6 Jun 2018 • 2 comments

To boost their reasoning skills and the brain's processing speed, seniors may need to exercise for 52 hours over a period of 6 months, concludes a new study. The good news is that low-intensity...

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How are liver function and cholesterol production linked?

Autoimmune hepatitis
Benign liver tumours
Cirrhosis
Hepatic failure
Hepatic veno-occlusive disease
Hepatitis A
Hepatitis and liver diseases
Hepatitis B
Hepatitis D
Hepatitis E
Hepatitis H
Hepatitis of the child
Hepatorenal syndrome
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and NASH
Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis

How are liver function and cholesterol production linked?

6 Jun 2018 • 5 comments

Most cholesterol in the body is made in the liver and is necessary for good health. But some forms of cholesterol can cause several health issues, including damage to the liver.Cholesterol is a fatty...

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Can we 'switch off' the pleasure of sweet tastes?

Can we 'switch off' the pleasure of sweet tastes?

6 Jun 2018

A new study, published in Nature, suggests that our craving for sweet tastes can be undone by manipulating neurons. The results may eventually help design new strategies for treating eating disorders.

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Immunotherapy effective against 'untreatable' prostate cancer

Prostate cancer

Immunotherapy effective against 'untreatable' prostate cancer

6 Jun 2018 • 1 comment

A major trial has demonstrated, for the very first time, that the immunotherapy drug pembrolizumab is effective in treating advanced prostate cancer that did not respond to other treatments.Immunother...

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Change a-brewing as health-conscious Brits snub booze

Change a-brewing as health-conscious Brits snub booze

6 Jun 2018

London, June 6, 2018 (AFP) - Britain has celebrated its drinking culture for centuries but initiatives such as the "Dry January" campaign show body-conscious adults are now shunning alcohol in record...

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Health sector gives blockchain glowing prognosis

Health sector gives blockchain glowing prognosis

6 Jun 2018

Paris, June 6, 2018 (AFP) - Securing safe interchange of patient data, improving the conduct of clinical tests and medicine traceability, and lowering costs.These are just some of the potential...

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For the first time, immunotherapy cures late-stage breast cancer: study

Breast cancer

For the first time, immunotherapy cures late-stage breast cancer: study

5 Jun 2018

Paris, June 4, 2018 (AFP) - A woman with an aggressive form of breast cancer which defied chemotherapy and spread to other organs, was cured with an experimental treatment that triggered her immune...

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Breast cancer: Test means fewer women will need chemotherapy

Breast cancer

Breast cancer: Test means fewer women will need chemotherapy

4 Jun 2018 • 2 comments

About 70% of women with the most common form of early stage breast cancer can be spared the "agony of chemotherapy", researchers say.It follows trials of a genetic test that analyses the danger of a...

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