Short-legged 'may run liver risk'
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Women with shorter legs may have an increased risk of contracting liver disease, a UK study suggests.
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Restless leg syndrome may be linked to low levels of iron in the blood, researchers have found.
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BRISBANE, Australia  - Forget the liver  biopsy. Now it's possible to detect advanced fibrosis -- a  complication of many liver diseases including hepatitis B,  hepatitis C, fatty liver disease and hemochromatosis -- by  means of a simple breath test.
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Scientists discover a cheap drug may cure liver disease - even in patients who can't give up boozing.
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By MARK PRIGG  BRITAIN'S fish population is facing a cancer epidemic, government scientists said today.   They claim that in some species, up to 25 per cent of the population suffers from liver cancer.
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Obese patients who are treated  for chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection are more likely  to have a better outcome if the underlying abnormalities caused  by excessive fat tissue are corrected first, according to a  review published in the medical journal Hepatology.
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Some liver damage caused by heavy drinking or hepatitis could be halted or even reversed, claim researchers.
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Unwanted phase 2 results might not scuttle a promising hepatitis C drug.
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NEW YORK  - Boston researchers report a  link between low serum levels of vitamin D and decreased knee  function in patients with osteoarthritis of the knee.
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A blood-thinning drug not approved for the U.S. market because of questions about liver damage appears to be as effective as other common therapies for preventing strokes and recurring blood clots, according to studies published on Tuesday.
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Results from a new study show that lifetime lead exposure may increase the risk of developing cataracts. Researchers found that men with high levels of lead in the tibia, the larger of the two leg bones below
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What do you think of the Medicare drug discount-card program? (Check all that apply.). I&#39;m eligible but I don&#39;t use it. Biopsy results confirm a young Dublin man has contracted the human form of mad cow disease.
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NEW YORK  - African Americans and Hispanics with primary biliary cirrhosis -- a rare form of cirrhosis characterized by the destruction of small bile ducts in the liver -- often present with more severe disease than their Caucasian counterparts, results of a study suggest.
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GREEN BAY, Wis. -- No stranger to injuries, a href=&quot;http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/players/profile?statsId=1025&quot;&gt;Brett Favre can add another ailment to his list: a charley horse-type injury on his left leg to go with a long-term bum left shoulder.
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NEW YORK  - Most people who have had a liver transplant because of cirrhosis caused by heavy drinking are not likely to experience recurrent alcohol-related liver disease, French researchers report.
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[Health India]: Washington, Oct 12 : An article published in the October 11 issue of The Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals, has revealed that alcohol consumption may slightly increase the risk for developing a certain type
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A single change in a personâs DNA can contribute to a range of life-shortening risk factors, including high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and other metabolic disorders.