]> http://www.healthedia.com/popular/articles/liver Liver - Today's Popular Articles at http://www.healthedia.com en http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/fitsugar-healthy-happy-you/884895?rsstype=populararticles&cid=93 Cabbage is one of those healthy foods that people tend to avoid, but it really is a great alternative to lettuce and so good for you. My favorite type of cabbage is Napa cabbage, which tastes slightly sweeter than other types. Not only does it have a... Fri, 18 Jan 2008 14:45:00 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/fitsugar-healthy-happy-you/884895?rsstype=populararticles&cid=93 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/med-gadget/884588?rsstype=populararticles&cid=93 Evicel , a fibrin glue manufactured by OMRIX Biopharmaceuticals LTD, in Kiryat Ono, Israel, has received a new indication from the FDA for use for general hemostasis in surgery.The sealant, called Evicel, is sprayed or dripped on small, oozing bloo... Wed, 16 Jan 2008 21:54:42 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/med-gadget/884588?rsstype=populararticles&cid=93 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/health-care-blog/884593?rsstype=populararticles&cid=93 Dr. Scott Gottlieb, a resident fellow at the conservative American Enterprise Institute, published an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal last week that returned to the much-exploited story of Nataline Sarkisyan, the 17-year-old Californian who died bef... Wed, 16 Jan 2008 16:20:29 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/health-care-blog/884593?rsstype=populararticles&cid=93 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/health-care-blog/884536?rsstype=populararticles&cid=93 Just in case anyone sensible ever took at face value anything AEI hack Scott Gottleib ever said (which surely they never did), Maggie Mahar has busted him bang to rights basically lying about a study on comparative effectiveness of liver...... Wed, 16 Jan 2008 11:54:59 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/health-care-blog/884536?rsstype=populararticles&cid=93 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/kevin-md-medical-weblog/884078?rsstype=populararticles&cid=93 Thank you Scott Gottlieb for criticizing John Edwards on his exploitation and publicizing what has been oft-repeated here recently:Research provides little support to Mr. Edward's underlying premise that single-payer health-care systems would do bett... Sun, 13 Jan 2008 22:25:44 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/kevin-md-medical-weblog/884078?rsstype=populararticles&cid=93 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/wsjcom-health-blog/883752?rsstype=populararticles&cid=93 A former FDA official lands on the WSJ op-ed page this morning questioning John Edwards s interpretation of a girl s recent death while awaiting a liver transplant. Nataline Sarkisyan was being treated for cancer when her liver failed. Her insura... Fri, 11 Jan 2008 10:26:09 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/wsjcom-health-blog/883752?rsstype=populararticles&cid=93 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/mh-today/883650?rsstype=populararticles&cid=93 Today's common-sense advice: just eat what we (and your mom) have been telling you to eat.New research keeps pouring in like the news earlier this week about fruits and vegetables helping to add years to your life.This morning we saw that the stock... Thu, 10 Jan 2008 12:34:32 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/mh-today/883650?rsstype=populararticles&cid=93 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/fitness-insider/883643?rsstype=populararticles&cid=93 I'll try not to make it a habit to talk about NBC's THE BIGGEST LOSER, but since last night's show may have confused people, I thought I'd try to explain.Here's the background: Contestants on this show are big people, with women weighing between 200 ... Thu, 10 Jan 2008 11:11:20 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/fitness-insider/883643?rsstype=populararticles&cid=93 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/disease-proof/883564?rsstype=populararticles&cid=93 No one wants cancer. In Eat to Live, Dr. Fuhrman explains that the best way to prevent cancer is adopting a diet rich in fruits and vegetables. Take a look at this:Humans are genetically adapted to expect a high intake of natural and unprocessed plan... Thu, 10 Jan 2008 08:13:53 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/disease-proof/883564?rsstype=populararticles&cid=93 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/cancer-commentary/883514?rsstype=populararticles&cid=93 The Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Florida is seeking patients who have primary liver cancer (hepatocellular carcinoma) that has spread to other organs or is too advanced to be treated by surgery and must have had prior chemotherapy treatments.The s... Thu, 10 Jan 2008 02:14:45 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/cancer-commentary/883514?rsstype=populararticles&cid=93 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/beauty-brains/883561?rsstype=populararticles&cid=93 Erin Inquires: Can you tell me how Kinoki Detox Foot Pads work or is it a hoax? It is a product that you place on your feet to remove the toxins from your body.The Left Brain de-feets Kinoki:I m going with HOAX on this one, Erin.The power of vine... Thu, 10 Jan 2008 00:02:24 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/beauty-brains/883561?rsstype=populararticles&cid=93 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/diabetes-news-from-dlife/885133?rsstype=populararticles&cid=93 January 9, 2008 (EurekAlert) - If the human body were a stage, then proteins would rank among the lead actors in the play we call ???Life.??? These large biological molecules hold many starring roles, and their lines are dictated by informati... Wed, 09 Jan 2008 16:27:35 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/diabetes-news-from-dlife/885133?rsstype=populararticles&cid=93 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/doctor-weighs-in/883321?rsstype=populararticles&cid=93 Brian Klepper Now that health care reform is once again an active, visible issue in state governments and the presidential campaigns, the ideas are flying fast and furious. Predictably, some ideas are better than others. Over at Health Care Policy ... Tue, 08 Jan 2008 16:53:38 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/doctor-weighs-in/883321?rsstype=populararticles&cid=93 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/addiction-and-recovery-news/883198?rsstype=populararticles&cid=93 The New Yorker published a profile of Kahlil Gibran. Turns out he's one of us:He had another difficulty: alcoholism, a situation that may have developed soon after The Prophet was published, or while he was writing it. Robin Waterfield thinks t... Tue, 08 Jan 2008 07:17:00 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/addiction-and-recovery-news/883198?rsstype=populararticles&cid=93 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/wsjcom-health-blog/883050?rsstype=populararticles&cid=93 The death of 17-year-old Nataline Sarkisyan (pictured) has been placed front and center by presidential hopeful John Edwards. Her tragic story is packing an emotional punch in his campaign, providing extra oomph to his call for an overhaul of the hea... Mon, 07 Jan 2008 10:27:07 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/wsjcom-health-blog/883050?rsstype=populararticles&cid=93 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/clinical-psychology/883022?rsstype=populararticles&cid=93 A fantastic post on Hooked summarizes the most recent study in PLoS Medicine that estimates drug marketing expenditures at roughly $57.5 billion annually. It is also discussed nicely on Pharmalot.Here's my two cents. We've all heard tha... Mon, 07 Jan 2008 09:04:00 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/clinical-psychology/883022?rsstype=populararticles&cid=93 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/wsjcom-health-blog/882776?rsstype=populararticles&cid=93 Takeda Pharmaceutical is taking a stab at doing what other drug makers so far haven t accomplished: Coming out with a product to challenge Merck s Januvia.The company said yesterday that it had submitted a diabetes drug, alogliptin, to the FDA. T... Fri, 04 Jan 2008 16:32:37 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/wsjcom-health-blog/882776?rsstype=populararticles&cid=93 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/disease-proof/882685?rsstype=populararticles&cid=93 Have you ever been punched in the stomach? I mean really had the wind knocked out of you. Well, in case you haven t. Just check out the menu for this week s restaurant. Without question, Buffalo s Southwest Caf is a Mike Tyson sized wallop to... Fri, 04 Jan 2008 08:33:33 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/disease-proof/882685?rsstype=populararticles&cid=93 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/wsjcom-health-blog/882598?rsstype=populararticles&cid=93 Schering-Plough CEO Fred Hassan spoke for 45 minutes at Morgan Stanley s Pharmaceutical CEOs Unplugged conference this morning. Though the Health Blog didn t use a stopwatch, we d estimate about 35 of those minutes were devoted to the rec... Thu, 03 Jan 2008 16:25:29 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/wsjcom-health-blog/882598?rsstype=populararticles&cid=93 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/diabetes-news-from-dlife/885136?rsstype=populararticles&cid=93 January 3, 2008 (Newswise) ??? A new study finds that a chemical found in the body is capable of promoting weight loss, improving insulin resistance and reversing diabetes in an animal model. The hormone is gastric inhibitory polypeptide (GIP) recept... Thu, 03 Jan 2008 13:54:16 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/diabetes-news-from-dlife/885136?rsstype=populararticles&cid=93 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/dr-zs-medical-report/882583?rsstype=populararticles&cid=93 If you or someone you love has advanced prostate cancer and is receiving hormone treatments, it may not be wise also to be taking aspirin. That s because of recent findings that show that for some men the aspirin, which is commonly used in low dai... Thu, 03 Jan 2008 13:45:37 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/dr-zs-medical-report/882583?rsstype=populararticles&cid=93 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/kevin-md-medical-weblog/882328?rsstype=populararticles&cid=93 A firestorm over the holiday season involving a denied liver transplant in a 17-year old.For all those who spit at CIGNA and other health insurers, I simply ask this question: What makes you so sure that this procedure would have been approved in a s... Wed, 02 Jan 2008 14:52:44 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/kevin-md-medical-weblog/882328?rsstype=populararticles&cid=93 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/fitsugar-healthy-happy-you/882208?rsstype=populararticles&cid=93 So many holidays have special foods associated with them and now that it is the new year, it is time to say goodbye to those sugary candy canes and the chocolate log of goodness B??che de No??l, and a big hello to black eyed peas and cabbage. T... Tue, 01 Jan 2008 06:00:00 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/fitsugar-healthy-happy-you/882208?rsstype=populararticles&cid=93 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/fitsugar-healthy-happy-you/882190?rsstype=populararticles&cid=93 It happens to us all at some time or another, but with an expected frequency on New Year's Eve. We drink too much, and then we pay for it the next day. Are you hung up by your hangover?Well, let me explain what is going on with your body and help you... Tue, 01 Jan 2008 04:45:00 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/fitsugar-healthy-happy-you/882190?rsstype=populararticles&cid=93 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/wsjcom-health-blog/882145?rsstype=populararticles&cid=93 With New Year s in the offing, the Health Blog figured it was time to consider the hangover.For such a common malady, the hangover still has a bit of mystery about it. As an M.D. wrote in an NIH publication wrote a few years back, Despite the pr... Mon, 31 Dec 2007 16:22:42 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/wsjcom-health-blog/882145?rsstype=populararticles&cid=93 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/disease-proof/881853?rsstype=populararticles&cid=93 The holidays are nearly over. Hopefully you re all staying on track. Saying, It s the holidays. I can have one more cookie, can t last forever. So, if the yuletide is getting the best of you. Sit down and get ready for this week s Eatin... Fri, 28 Dec 2007 07:49:29 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/disease-proof/881853?rsstype=populararticles&cid=93 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/ask-dr-vernon/881882?rsstype=populararticles&cid=93 EDITOR'S NOTE:Some four years after the death of famed nutrition pioneer, Dr. Robert C. Atkins and some three years after the publication of Atkins Diabetes Revolution by Dr. Mary Vernon, colleague of Dr. Atkins and immediate past President of the Am... Fri, 28 Dec 2007 07:00:00 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/ask-dr-vernon/881882?rsstype=populararticles&cid=93 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/wsjcom-health-blog/881694?rsstype=populararticles&cid=93 Lots of men take baby aspirin every day to lower the risk of heart attack and stroke. But that daily aspirin could interfere with a common prostate cancer treatment, a letter published in this week s New England Journal of Medicine suggests.The aut... Thu, 27 Dec 2007 10:20:55 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/wsjcom-health-blog/881694?rsstype=populararticles&cid=93 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/chinese-medicine-news/881627?rsstype=populararticles&cid=93 Mayo Clinic release - An international team of researchers led by Mayo Clinic have designed a technique that uses the body s own cells and a virus to destroy cancer cells that spread from primary tumours to other parts of the body through the lymph... Wed, 26 Dec 2007 18:29:10 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/chinese-medicine-news/881627?rsstype=populararticles&cid=93 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/h5n1/881573?rsstype=populararticles&cid=93 Via The Tyee, a report on malaria and the generally dismal state of health care in Burma: In Burma, Fever of War. Excerpt:Despite widespread human violence, malaria, transmitted by the female anopheles mosquito, is Burma's biggest killer.It is the ra... Wed, 26 Dec 2007 13:12:24 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/h5n1/881573?rsstype=populararticles&cid=93 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/medical-spa/881581?rsstype=populararticles&cid=93 While not exactly in the holiday spirit, Dermadoc's ditty about Dermacare is certainly funny. T'was the night before Christmas and all through the franchise, Not a creature was profitable because of the damn lies. The booby traps were hung by the c... Wed, 26 Dec 2007 11:16:36 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/medical-spa/881581?rsstype=populararticles&cid=93 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/kevin-md-medical-weblog/881322?rsstype=populararticles&cid=93 A sad story of a young girl in need of experimental liver transplant.... Sun, 23 Dec 2007 16:34:35 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/kevin-md-medical-weblog/881322?rsstype=populararticles&cid=93 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/blogging-baby/881241?rsstype=populararticles&cid=93 Filed under: Health and Safety, Teenager, 15-19 years, In the NewsNataline Sarkisyan had leukemia. I say had because it is no longer an issue for her. She passed away last week. She had undergone a bone marrow transplant from her brother, but a com... Sat, 22 Dec 2007 10:23:00 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/blogging-baby/881241?rsstype=populararticles&cid=93 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/whats-new/881225?rsstype=populararticles&cid=93 Laser skin rejuvenation has rapidly become one of the most popular non surgical facial rejuvenation treatments available today. Laser skin treatments are used for a wide variety of skin conditions. (Contact Dr Seckel)The most common laser skin treatm... Sat, 22 Dec 2007 08:41:10 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/whats-new/881225?rsstype=populararticles&cid=93 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/wsjcom-health-blog/881059?rsstype=populararticles&cid=93 Merck and Schering-Plough are in the hot seat again about unpublished data related to their cholesterol blockbuster Vytorin. This time there s evidence to suggest that the companies failed to publish several studies that raise questions about whet... Fri, 21 Dec 2007 10:15:45 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/wsjcom-health-blog/881059?rsstype=populararticles&cid=93 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/clinical-psychology/881029?rsstype=populararticles&cid=93 Alex Berenson has potentially unearthed another December Surprise for a major drug company. You may recall that last December, Berenson started writing on the Zyprexa mess (1, 2), which everyone can now read about through accessing the now-infamous ... Fri, 21 Dec 2007 08:58:00 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/clinical-psychology/881029?rsstype=populararticles&cid=93 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/autism-vox/881032?rsstype=populararticles&cid=93 I hear a thump and run to see what s going on.Charlie is sitting with his legs curled under him and looking through a big white photo album, the one with his first photos: Charlie as a red-faced newborn with one of those little caps on his head and... Fri, 21 Dec 2007 04:00:48 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/autism-vox/881032?rsstype=populararticles&cid=93 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/complete-running-network/880858?rsstype=populararticles&cid=93 1.What is it?ETAP or stitches are pain in the abdominal area that can occur during certain activities such as running. Studies of ETAP have indicated that up to 69% of runners may experience these painful episodes.2.What are the causes/predisposing ... Thu, 20 Dec 2007 06:16:31 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/complete-running-network/880858?rsstype=populararticles&cid=93 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/med-gadget/880731?rsstype=populararticles&cid=93 Scientists at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University are reporting in the latest online issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences that they identified genes responsible for packaging of fat into intracellular... Wed, 19 Dec 2007 13:34:28 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/med-gadget/880731?rsstype=populararticles&cid=93 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/a-hearty-life/880537?rsstype=populararticles&cid=93 A clinical trial has now found that a new drug none like any previous is safe and can lower that very bad cholesterol, LDL, by up to 40%. I would say that is good news considering high LDL is a huge risk factor in heart disease and stroke.The drug mi... Tue, 18 Dec 2007 15:03:15 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/a-hearty-life/880537?rsstype=populararticles&cid=93 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/that-health-rules/880430?rsstype=populararticles&cid=93 I eat meat . who doesn t? I know of few friends that are purely vegetarians but I can only count them with my one hand. I try to introduce veggies to my kids as often as I can but food is finished faster if there is meat especially red meat f... Mon, 17 Dec 2007 20:53:00 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/that-health-rules/880430?rsstype=populararticles&cid=93 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/well-woman-blog/880418?rsstype=populararticles&cid=93 Short women get a bad rap. It's hard for them to find great jeans (without shopping at a petite store), they can't wear capri pants, and long boots are almost a no-no. Now, we learn that short legged women who face a health risk.A recent study, condu... Mon, 17 Dec 2007 19:05:33 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/well-woman-blog/880418?rsstype=populararticles&cid=93 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/baseline-of-health/880240?rsstype=populararticles&cid=93 Some people just can't take a hint. Consider, for example, the National Cattlemen's Beef Association. Upon learning the results of a brand new, large-scale study sponsored by the National Cancer Institute showing that eating beef and processed m... Sun, 16 Dec 2007 17:09:19 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/baseline-of-health/880240?rsstype=populararticles&cid=93 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/paging-drgupta/880046?rsstype=populararticles&cid=93 John Kanzius with his wife MarianneIt was once said that discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what nobody has thought. Such is the case with retired broadcasting executive, John Kanzius. Faced with an illness that most pe... Fri, 14 Dec 2007 16:09:00 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/paging-drgupta/880046?rsstype=populararticles&cid=93 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/mh-today/880012?rsstype=populararticles&cid=93 The other day we mentioned how cholesterol drugs are a $32 billion industry.Imagine how big it'd get if people could buy them over the counter.Well, it won't happen soon. Yesterday the FDA rejected the idea of over-the-counter statins, saying consume... Fri, 14 Dec 2007 12:32:29 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/mh-today/880012?rsstype=populararticles&cid=93 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/disease-proof/879940?rsstype=populararticles&cid=93 Eating to Live on the Outside is back! After getting bumped last week for my success story's teaser-post yes, I m evil the weekly series dedicated to helping Eat to Livers survive the gloomy swamp of standard American restaurants has returned a... Fri, 14 Dec 2007 08:05:06 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/disease-proof/879940?rsstype=populararticles&cid=93 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/science-roll/879820?rsstype=populararticles&cid=93 An interesting and rare medical symptom was mentioned by Kevin, MD today. He links to an article about a Chinese man who began to perspire green sweat. Kevin asks for any ideas. I used my good friends, Google and Pubmed to find some possible explanat... Thu, 13 Dec 2007 17:24:17 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/science-roll/879820?rsstype=populararticles&cid=93 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/dr-hotze/879850?rsstype=populararticles&cid=93 Stop Fearing Super BugsBy Shane The People s Chemist Ellisonwww.thepeopleschemist.com (C) 2007As a drug chemist, I used to fear going to work. I risked numerous health hazards like being exposed to a cancer causing reagent and even losing... Thu, 13 Dec 2007 10:35:34 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/dr-hotze/879850?rsstype=populararticles&cid=93 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/in-the-pipeline/879711?rsstype=populararticles&cid=93 I've written before about some elements and functional groups that don t exist, but which I want anyway. Today I write in praise of triple bonds, and with the forlorn hope that they could do more. The thing about triple bonds is that they re stra... Thu, 13 Dec 2007 08:44:53 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/in-the-pipeline/879711?rsstype=populararticles&cid=93 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/fitsugar-healthy-happy-you/879739?rsstype=populararticles&cid=93 A while back, I told you that eating red meat and processed meats could increase your risk of breast cancer. Well, unfortunately, US researchers discovered that it could increase your risk for developing lung cancer too. They also found a link betwee... Thu, 13 Dec 2007 05:00:00 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/fitsugar-healthy-happy-you/879739?rsstype=populararticles&cid=93