ConvertX Biliary Stent Features Quick In-Office Removal, Now FDA Cleared
BrightWater Medical, based in Temecula, California, won FDA clearance for its ConvertX biliary stent. The system is used to relief biliary duct of obstructions.
Blocked biliary ducts can cause all sorts of havoc on patients, such as infections, biliary cirrhosis, and liver damage. A stent and a drain is often placed to alleviate the condition. The stent needs to be removed after some time, so a separate invasive procedure is required.
The innovative thing about the ConvertX biliary stent is that, unlike traditional stents, it does not require a separate procedure under sedation to remove it. A simple in-office procedure ...
Source: Medgadget - March 25, 2019 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Editors Tags: GI Source Type: blogs
Does fat cause fatty liver?
There is widely-held misconception that dietary fat causes fatty liver or that nothing can be done to reverse it. Doctors often say that there is nothing you can do and that cirrhosis and liver failure may be in your future.
This is all wrong. Fatty liver is caused by diet and can be easily and readily reversed by diet, along with strategies to improve insulin sensitivity, just as we do in the Wheat Belly and Undoctored lifestyles.
The post Does fat cause fatty liver? appeared first on Dr. William Davis. (Source: Wheat Belly Blog)
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - March 21, 2019 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Fat intake Fatty liver nald nash non-alcoholic steatohepatitis undoctored wheat belly Source Type: blogs
Ten reasons to NEVER eat gluten-free processed foods
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It saddens me: As popular as the Wheat Belly books and lifestyle have been, there are still millions of people who say things like “Oh, that Wheat Belly thing is just about being gluten-free.” They couldn’t be more wrong and have clearly not read any of the books.
Yes, you can be gluten-free and consume foods that naturally have no gluten, gliadin, wheat germ agglutinin, amylopectin A, phytates, and the rest of the toxic components contained in wheat and related grains. You can eat apples, bacon, eggs, and salmon that are naturally gluten-free. You can drink water or tea that is gluten-free. No problems...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - February 1, 2019 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: News & Updates gluten gluten-free grain-free grains wheat belly Source Type: blogs
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Source: Cardiophile MD - January 27, 2019 Category: Cardiology Authors: Prof. Dr. Johnson Francis Tags: Medicine MCQ - CVS Source Type: blogs
Treating portal vein thrombosis in patients with cirrhosis
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Source: Notes from Dr. RW - January 26, 2019 Category: Internal Medicine Tags: cardiovascular gastroenterology hematology Source Type: blogs
Fatty liver disease: What it is and what to do about it
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), a condition of extra fat buildup in the liver, is on the rise — it now affects roughly 20% to 40% of the US population. It usually doesn’t cause any symptoms, and is often first detected by accident when an imaging study (such as an abdominal ultrasound, CT scan, or MRI) is requested for another reason. A fatty liver may also be identified on an imaging test as a part of investigating abnormal liver blood tests. NAFLD is intimately related to conditions like diabetes and obesity. It’s also linked to an increased risk of cardiovascular disease. Understanding NAFLD and its cau...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - January 10, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Wynne Armand, MD Tags: Digestive Disorders Health Source Type: blogs
Hepatocellular carcinoma risk, cirrhosis and hepatitis C
High profile public health strategy needed Related items fromOnMedica Overweight teens more likely to have severe liver disease later Scotland reveals target of halving child obesity by 2030 JCVI recommends universal HPV vaccination Lower cancer risk in people with higher vitamin D levels Public drastically underestimates cannabis risks (Source: OnMedica Blogs)
Source: OnMedica Blogs - December 3, 2018 Category: General Medicine Source Type: blogs
Primary care uniquely positions us to be our patients ’ best allies
My patient
The day I met you was early in my second year of internal medicine residency. After much of my internship had been spent on arduous inpatient rotations, I was finally ready to lead my own team of young doctors and students on a high-acuity wards service. Yet, in my continuity clinic, I was still fresh, insecure, and naive. The day I met you, your abdomen was swollen, your eyes were yellow, you were drowsy and seemingly apathetic. Years of heavy alcohol use had sclerosed your liver, leading to hepatic disease in its final stages. You were my patient, I was your new primary care doctor — and I didn’t speak you...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - September 18, 2018 Category: General Medicine Authors: < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/ashley-mcmullen" rel="tag" > Ashley McMullen, MD < /a > Tags: Physician Hospital-Based Medicine Source Type: blogs
Thrombocytopenia does not predict bleeding in cirrhosis
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Source: Notes from Dr. RW - September 2, 2018 Category: Internal Medicine Tags: gastroenterology hematology Source Type: blogs
Fight Aging! Newsletter, August 27th 2018
Fight Aging! provides a weekly digest of news and commentary for thousands of subscribers interested in the latest longevity science: progress towards the medical control of aging in order to prevent age-related frailty, suffering, and disease, as well as improvements in the present understanding of what works and what doesn't work when it comes to extending healthy life. Expect to see summaries of recent advances in medical research, news from the scientific community, advocacy and fundraising initiatives to help speed work on the repair and reversal of aging, links to online resources, and much more.
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Source: Fight Aging! - August 26, 2018 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs
Inhibition of CDK4 Reverses Measures of Aging in the Liver
Today, I'll point out an open access commentary in which the authors survey a number of lines of research into age-related dysfunction in the liver, all of which lead back to elevated levels of cyclin-dependent kinase 4 (CDK4). Some of this work involves investigation of the mechanisms of fatty liver disease, more properly known as hepatic steatosis. This is most commonly caused by being overweight in this age of cheap calories, but, setting aside the morbidly obese, the condition nonetheless tends to emerge later rather than earlier in life. Other research programs look at more directly age-associated measures of liver fu...
Source: Fight Aging! - August 20, 2018 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Medicine, Biotech, Research Source Type: blogs
Irreversible
Follow the Wheat Belly lifestyle and literally hundreds of diseases can be reversed: type 2 diabetes reverts to normal within weeks to months (depending on how much weight needs to be lost to restore insulin sensitivity), fatty liver reverses to normal within a few weeks, skin rashes recede, IBS and acid reflux are gone within days in the majority, high triglycerides plummet, even several forms of kidney disease can reverse.
But there are health conditions that, once established, can leave effects that can be irreversible even if the initial causative condition reverses. For example, type 2 diabetes can cause kidney damag...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - August 6, 2018 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: News & Updates autoimmune Gliadin gluten gluten-free grain-free grains Inflammation undoctored wheat belly Source Type: blogs
Sorting out the health effects of alcohol
When it comes to your beverage of choice, alcoholic beverages are unique. For millions, they are a regular part of the dining experience. They’re often an important component of social events, celebrations, and milestones; we toast people, events, and memories with alcohol. They play a key role in many religious traditions. And, of course, the alcoholic beverage industry is a major economic force, responsible for more than $220 billion in sales annually in the US.
And all of this is true despite the well-known and well-publicized risks of drinking too much alcohol.
The negative effects of alcohol
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Source: Harvard Health Blog - August 6, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Robert H. Shmerling, MD Tags: Alcohol Health Source Type: blogs
Health benefits of coffee and a proposed warning label
Coffee is among the most popular beverages ever, enjoyed by millions of people worldwide each day. Estimates suggest that Americans consumed 3.4 billion pounds of coffee last year. When it comes to its health effects, coffee is also among the best studied beverages. How much is too much? Does coffee cause cancer? What is behind the proposed new warning label for coffee?
Fortunately, the news on coffee is mostly good. This includes a recent study that found coffee drinkers live longer, a conclusion that held up even for heavy coffee consumption (eight or more cups of coffee each day), and regardless of whether the coffee wa...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - July 25, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Robert H. Shmerling, MD Tags: Health Healthy Eating Source Type: blogs
The Drug Epidemic Nobody Talks About
U.S. death rate from alcohol-related liverdisease is soaring."Deaths from liver disease have increased sharply in recent years in the United States, according to a study published in the British Medical Journal. Cirrhosis-related deaths increased by 65 percent from 1999 to 2016, and deaths from liver cancer doubled, the study said. The rise in death rates was driven predominantly by alcohol-induced disease, the report said."Over the past decade, people ages 25 to 34 had the highest increase in cirrhosis deaths — an average of 10.5 percent per year — of the demographic groups examined, researchers reported.Here's a link...
Source: Addiction Inbox - July 19, 2018 Category: Addiction Authors: Dirk Hanson Source Type: blogs
