by: Juliet Cohen.
Fatty liver disease covers a range of conditions where there is a build-up of fat in the liver cells. It may be caused by various diseases, such as in chronic alcoholism and obesity . Simple fatty liver usually does not damage the liver, ...
by Rebecca Prescott. Caffeine, like chocolate, often receives bad publicity. Whilst in some instances, and in excess, these can have negative effects on our body, they can also be quite beneficial.I am not disputing that some people are more sensitive to the ne...
by: samnickel2.
Cirrhosis is a chronic liver disease that ends up leaving the scar and damaging the liver tissues centric to body functions. Once damaged by Cirrhosis the cells and tissues in the liver are difficult to repair and when regenerated sustain...
by: Sandra Kim Leong.
Liver disease is a condition that is very common. It affects more people that you think. If you suspect yourself of having a liver disease symptom, then review your other symptoms to help you determine whether it is necessary that you tak...
by Robert Hill. The role of diet is very important in Crohn's disease and should be considered as an important add-on treatment to medical therapies. Although there is no direct evidence that Crohn's disease is caused by dietary factors, the food you eat c...
by Adam Akelis. A study published recently in the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) magazine Gastroenterology found out that people at high risk for liver disease might be able to reduce their risk for rising chronic liver disease significantl...
by: kevinp.
As mentioned in the name it is a chronic disease which affects the liver disabling it from its functions. Here the disease affects the normal cells in the liver which leads to scarring of the same. This condition leaves the liver with an a...
by: Juliet Cohen.
The liver is the largest internal organ in the body. It is also known as primary liver cancer or hepatoma and hepatocellular carcinoma is a cancer arising from the liver.The liver performs several vital functions. It processes and stores ...
by: james sameul.
What is Liver Cancer?There are two main kinds of liver cancer. Heptoma and cholangiocarcinoma. Heptoma is cancer of the hepatocytes. (The main functioning liver cell). Hepatoma is primary liver cancer. Hepatoma usually grows in the liver ...
by: Corwin Brown.
Cirrhosis is a term that refers to a group of chronic diseases of the liver in which normal liver cells are damaged and replaced by scar tissue, decreasing the amount of normal liver tissue. The distortion of the normal liver structure by...
by: Alien.
Liver is the main organ in the body. Liver failure results in impairment of many functions we take for granted. Liver failure mostly arises slowly, over many years, but its progression is usually unnoticed. It can happen from infections, ...
by: verlyn.
The purpose of this article is to bring to the reader various heart disease symptoms. Each set of symptoms is related to the condition being suffered.Heart disease can produce a number of different symptoms depending on which kind of hear...
by: Corwin Brown.
Hepatitis is the Latin word for liver inflammation. It is characterised by the destruction of a number of liver cells and the presence of inflammatory cells in the liver tissue.Hepatitis can be caused by diseases that primarily attack the...
by: Krishan Bakhru.
Venereal diseases or VD's are sexually transmitted diseases, and in just about every case they are highly contagious. Infection normally occurs through sexual contact with another infected person. In this context sexual contact refers to ...
by: Corwin Brown.
Symptoms of Canavan disease, which appear in early infancy and progress rapidly, may include mental retardation, loss of previously acquired motor skills, feeding difficulties, abnormal muscle tone (floppiness or stiffness), and an abnorm...
