The liver is a gland and plays a major role in metabolism with numerous functions in the human body, including regulation of glycogen storage, decomposition of red blood cells, plasma protein synthesis, hormone production, and detoxification. It is an accessory digestive gland and produces bile, an alkaline compound which aids in digestion via the emulsification of lipids. The gallbladder, a small pouch that sits just under the liver, stores bile produced by the liver. The liver's highly specialized tissue consisting of mostly hepatocytes regulates a wide variety of high-volume biochemical reactions, including the synthesis and breakdown of small and complex molecules, many of which are necessary for normal vital functions. Estimates regarding the organ's total number of functions vary, but textbooks generally cite it being around 500.
Plot: Reed Kirkham, ace schlock film producer, is a man moments away from re-establishing his artistic ideals. When Reed decides to return to his creative roots, his overactive talking liver, (the "gut feeling" that has led him to success for the past two decades) pays an unexpected visit. The angry liver exits his body, determined to force Reed into production on yet another grade-Z film, and it won't take "no" for an answer. Now Reed must make the ultimate decision-either buckle to the forces of his own body; or risk it all to return to the artist he longs to be.
In addition to embracing a growing nationalistic fever and populism, he and others are in effect products of Sikolohirang Pilipino, or a need for Filipino beliefs, values and institutions. The Philippines, which actually derived its name from King Philip II of Spain, was ruled by Spain for three centuries. Then, from 1898 to 1946, the United States conquered the Pacific island nation ... for its arrogance....
Police “arrested a famous Snapchat personality who appeared in video clips dressed like women,” the newspaper with close links to the Saudi authorities reported, adding some Saudi citizens had taken issue with the suspect dressing “inappropriately.”.Saudi Arabia’s strict moral and Islamic laws have seen others arrested for similar offenses ... One of his friends tells the Kuwaiti man Abu Sin is “going to take a while....
While the Nigerian government is negotiating the release of another 83 of the Chibok schoolgirls taken in a mass abduction in 2014, officials say more than 100 of the remaining schoolgirls appear unwilling to return home, The Belfast Telegraph reported Tuesday....
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has taken a new tack the last two weeks trying to energize his base – telling supporters their votes probably won’t matter because the election is being rigged, New York magazine reports. The report says Trump has spent most of this month blaming everyone but himself for his plummeting poll numbers ... “It is a grave concern on a number of fronts,” the ArizonaRNC member told the outlet....
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....
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 ClassVIII ... Her second husband died of liver cirrhosis in 2012....
DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Liver Fibrosis - PipelineReview, 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 ... ....
AkinGump 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 BellionVodka, a spirit that is touted as having hepatic health benefits that the producer wants to advertise on the bottle....
. Twenty-three-year-old TribeniDeka 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 ... ....
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....
“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....
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....
(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....