Child died due to injuries, says post-mortem report

Edit The Hindu 19 Oct 2016
According to the preliminary opinion of the forensic officials, the liver was damaged and blood clot was formed in the skull ......

State under-reporting malaria deaths

Edit The Times of India 19 Oct 2016
AHMEDABAD. Think of it - if starvation deaths were projected as that from liver or stomach failure to cover up lack of food. This is what is happening in case of malaria deaths in the state. They are being classified as deaths from malaria-related complications, and not from malaria - apparently to improve statistics ... This number was far from truth ... Most of these patients had approached the hospital while in the last stage of the disease....

Boy abandoned by kin for being a 'nuisance'

Edit The Times of India 19 Oct 2016
NEW DELHI. In a bizarre case, a 14-year-old boy was left to fend for himself for six months after his mother allegedly asked him to leave home for being a nuisance ... He was sent to a children's home in Lajpat Nagar by the CWC last week. Officials say efforts are being made to send him back to his mother or a family member ... He changed two other schools where he studied till Class VIII ... Her second husband died of liver cirrhosis in 2012....

Global Liver Fibrosis Pipeline Review, H2 2016 - Analysis, Technologies & Forecasts Report - Vendors: ...

Edit Business Wire 18 Oct 2016
DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Liver Fibrosis - Pipeline Review, H2 2016" report to their offering. The report provides comprehensive information on the therapeutics under development for Liver Fibrosis, complete with analysis by stage of development, drug target, mechanism of action (MoA), route of administration (RoA) and molecule type ... ....

Nathan Brown on the FDA and “Liver-Friendly” Vodka (Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP)

Edit Public Technologies 18 Oct 2016
Akin Gump health care and life sciences partner Nathan Brown was quoted by health and medicine publication STAT for its article 'A 'liver-friendly' vodka? Scientists and regulators may need convincing,' on Bellion Vodka, a spirit that is touted as having hepatic health benefits that the producer wants to advertise on the bottle....

BRIEF-Chemocentryx says its CCR2 inhibitor CCX872 shown to reduce liver fibrosis in nash models

Edit Reuters 18 Oct 2016
* chemocentryx's ccr2 inhibitor ccx872 shown to reduce liver fibrosis in nash models ....

23-year-old woman donates part of liver to save father

Edit The Hindu 18 Oct 2016
. Twenty-three-year-old Tribeni Deka is her father’s ‘hero’, and here is why he calls her that. this petite woman not only donated part of her liver to her father -- Dr. Nirendra Ch ... Tribeni’s father was diagnosed with liver failure a few months ago, and doctors suggested a transplant. Mounting challenges ... Glimmer of hope ... ....

Exclusive: SunTrust Top Analysts Explain Fatty Liver Diseases, Galmed's Potential In The Space

Edit Stockhouse 18 Oct 2016
NAFLD, or nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, is a medical condition characterized by a fat buildup in the liver ... Galmed, however, is focusing on “the fatty liver portion of the spectrum,” Nash continued ... And, when you gain that normal exterior fat, you are also generating visceral fat, which is interior fat around your organs, and specifically the liver....

ChemoCentryx’s CCR2 Inhibitor CCX872 Shown to Reduce Liver Fibrosis in NASH Models

Edit Nasdaq Globe Newswire 18 Oct 2016
NASH is the fastest growing cause of liver cancer and liver transplant in the U.S ... NASH occurs when the accumulation of liver fat is accompanied by inflammation and cellular damage. The inflammation can lead to fibrosis (scarring) of the liver and eventually progress to cirrhosis, portal hypertension, liver cancer, and eventual liver failure ... population, NASH is the fastest growing cause of liver cancer and liver transplant in the U.S....

Vitamins and supplements are doing more damage than we think

Edit Business Insider 18 Oct 2016
Researchers recently looked at liver injuries attributed to dietary and herbal supplements. They used data from the Drug Induced Liver Injury Network, a database set up by the National Institutes of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases ... The review found that 20 percent of cases of chemical-induced liver damage were caused by herbal and dietary supplements, double that of a decade ago....

Buyers likely to swoop for Liverpool’s skyline icon

Edit Scotsman 18 Oct 2016
A "for sale2 sign has been hoisted over Liverpool’s world-famous Royal Liver Building flanking the River Mersey. The Grade I listed property, home to the two Liver Birds on the roof that watch over the city and ......

Geriatric Sloth Bear Dies at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo (Smithsonian Institution)

Edit Public Technologies 18 Oct 2016
(Source. Smithsonian Institution) ... 17 ... Zoo veterinarians anesthetized her on Monday for an exploratory surgical procedure and found tumors associated with her liver, bile duct and gallbladder ... Hana's blood samples revealed elevated liver and biliary enzymes, both indicators of liver and/or gallbladder disease. In addition to a modified diet, she received antibiotics, analgesics, anti-inflammatories and liver protectants ... # # #. SI-544-2016....
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