Cirrhosis: Meditation and stretching can relieve cramps
People with cirrhosis can reduce the severity of their involuntary muscle contractions and improve their quality of sleep by stretching ...
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Against cirrhosis, carbon beads that repair the intestinal microbiome
“Carbon beads”, designed to restore the health of the intestinal microbiome, could effectively treat liver diseases, among others. THE ESSENTIAL ...
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Cirrhosis: the signs that should alert you
Liver cirrhosis is a disease that can remain silent for many years, so it is important to know and spot ...
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Fatty liver disease: “NASH is today the second cause of cirrhosis in the country”
What happens to liver cells when too much fat accumulates? What are the risks ? Where is the research? These ...
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Cirrhosis: drinking excessively on a night out is the worst for the liver
Drinking alcohol excessively in one evening is more harmful to liver health than having a few drinks during the week ...
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Hepatitis D: 5 information on this inflammation of the liver
Hepatitis D was discovered in 1977 by Rizzetto and his team of researchers inadvertently in livers infected with hepatitis B. ...
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Cirrhosis: fecal transplant, a future treatment?
Fecal microbiota transplantation can improve the intestinal health of patients with cirrhosis. THE ESSENTIAL Cirrhosis is a serious liver disease. ...
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Fatty liver disease: how to reverse the trend and prevent cirrhosis?
© Shutterstock / Annabell GsoedlWe eat more and more badly, and our liver becomes more and more fatty. Hence the ...
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Death of Beethoven: the analysis of his hair lifts the veil on his health problems
German composer Ludwig van Beethoven most likely died of cirrhosis, aggravated by alcohol consumption, according to a DNA analysis of ...
Read moreSix million French victims of soda disease
It is an astonishing image that gives us this morning The Parisian. The one who sat on the TV sets ...
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Recognizing Liver Disease Before It’s Too Late
The liver is necessary for more than 300 essential functions. His state of health is often neglected, but he knows ...
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Alcohol: what are the signs of liver disease?
Excessive alcohol consumption damages the liver. Ultimately, addiction can lead to various diseases, including cirrhosis. THE ESSENTIAL In France, 49,000 ...
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Cirrhosis of the liver: it is more dangerous to drink alcohol with aperitifs than during meals
Drinking alcohol is very bad for your health, even in small doses. If you still give in to temptation, know ...
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Fatty liver disease: the identification of an RNA modification, the key to gene therapy
Hepatic steatosis or "fatty liver disease" could be prevented or slowed down by a chemical modification of certain RNA molecules. ...
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Obesity, cirrhosis, liver cancer: the threats to the health of the French
A study published at the European Congress on Obesity predicts an explosion of cases of cirrhosis, liver cancer and other ...
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What has the discovery of the hepatitis C virus changed?
This Monday, October 5, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarded its Nobel Prize for Medicine to three British-American researchers ...
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Alcoholic cirrhosis: a gene reduces the risk in some patients
A gene, FAF2, could limit the risk of developing alcoholic cirrhosis. Genetic factors would therefore be one of the explanations ...
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Hepatitis C can be treated but still kills in France
Hepatitis C could disappear, provided awareness, screening and treatment actions continue. THE ESSENTIAL Antiviral drugs can cure more than 95% ...
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Chronic liver diseases: stool analysis can help with diagnosis
Researchers have just developed a new tool capable of analyzing the microbiome in stool samples and thus detecting chronic liver ...
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Red wine would have positive effects on the intestinal microbiota
Red wine, compared to other alcoholic drinks, would have a positive effect on the balance of the intestinal flora. This ...
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Liver diseases: the brain affected before the first symptoms
Researchers have found that in rats with hepatic encephalopathy, brain changes occur even before the first symptoms appear. The liver ...
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Alcohol is responsible for 41,000 deaths per year in France
41,000 deaths were attributed to alcohol consumption, i.e. 7% of deaths recorded in 2015, reveals a study by Public Health ...
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Hemochromatosis: 20% of carriers of the genetic mutation have complications
The frequency of complications is largely underestimated in people carrying the genetic anomaly. A factual element to reorganize prevention in ...
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Prevention: knowing how to identify liver diseases before it’s too late
The liver performs more than 300 vital functions. His health is often overlooked, yet he has real defenses and a ...
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Cirrhosis of the liver: more and more cases in young people and women
In twenty years, the incidence of liver cirrhosis has increased among Canadian adolescents and young adults. But also among women. ...
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Alcohol consumption is higher in cold countries with little sunshine
People living in colder and less sunny regions would drink more alcohol than others and would in fact be more ...
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NASH: the “fatty liver disease”, a new pharmaceutical market
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease could affect millions of people and become a market of choice for the industry.The four-letter acronym ...
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Cirrhosis: a test to better predict the evolution of patients
© GettyImagesThe microvesicles released into the blood by the suffering organs are a good prognostic marker of mortality for chronic ...
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Liver fibrosis due to alcohol: no need for a biopsy to diagnose it anymore
Normally, liver fibrosis due to excessive alcohol consumption is diagnosed via a biopsy. But a new study says another method, ...
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Cirrhosis of the liver: the promise of a new treatment
Scientists have just demonstrated that a treatment called "aleglitazar" had multiple beneficial effects on cirrhotic rats. About 700,000 people suffer ...
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