Don ’t Overuse Acetaminophen
Over 600 medications – both prescription and nonprescription – have acetaminophen to help relieve pain and reduce fever. Be cautious not to exceed the daily limit of acetaminophen, which can lead to overdose and severe liver damage. (Source: FDA Consumer Health Information Updates)
Source: FDA Consumer Health Information Updates - January 29, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: FDA Source Type: news

Addition of Durvalumab, Bevacizumab to TACE Beneficial in Liver Cancer
MONDAY, Jan. 29, 2024 -- For patients with embolization-eligible unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma (uHCC), the addition of durvalumab (D) and bevacizumab (B) to transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) improves progression-free survival (PFS),... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - January 29, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

GLP1 Agonists Reduce Major Adverse Liver Outcomes in Chronic Liver Disease
MONDAY, Jan. 29, 2024 -- For patients with chronic liver disease and type 2 diabetes, glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor (GLP1) agonists may result in a lower risk for major adverse liver outcomes (MALO), according to a study published online Jan. 22... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - January 29, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

Alcohol-Linked Fatty Liver Disease More Fatal for Women
MONDAY, Jan 29, 2024 -- Fatty liver disease can cause liver damage and can be one health effect of long-term heavy drinking. Now, research shows that the illness can prove even more deadly for women who drink than for men.Also called steatotic... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - January 29, 2024 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news

Presence of kratom in opioid overdose deaths: findings from coroner postmortem toxicological report - Torrico T, Patel K, Nikolov N, Salam MT, Padhy R, Weinstein D.
BACKGROUND: Kratom (Mitragyna speciosa) use in the United States is becoming increasingly popular and its legal status varies widely from state to state. Multiple reports of adverse events associated with kratom use have ranged from liver injury, seizures,... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - January 29, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news

Pluvicto prostate cancer treatment protocols vary globally
An international survey of treatment centers has revealed significant differences in several aspects of Lu-177 PSMA-617 prostate cancer therapy, including patient imaging protocols, according to a study published January 18 in the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.Aligning these differences could improve patient outcomes, noted lead author Andrea Farolfi, MD, of the University of California, Los Angeles, and colleagues.“Standardization or harmonization of protocols and dedicated training are desirable in anticipation of increasing numbers of patients and theranostic centers,” the group wrote.Pluvicto was approved by the U.S....
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - January 23, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Will Morton Tags: Subspecialties Genitourinary Radiology Source Type: news

Sagimet's Shares Hit New High as Fatty Liver Disease Drug Shows Promise in Study Sagimet's Shares Hit New High as Fatty Liver Disease Drug Shows Promise in Study
Sagimet Biosciences said on Monday its experimental drug to treat a fatty liver disease significantly reduced the symptoms in a mid-stage study, sending the drug maker ' s...Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Internal Medicine Headlines)
Source: Medscape Internal Medicine Headlines - January 22, 2024 Category: Internal Medicine Tags: Gastroenterology Source Type: news

TVUS-linked endometriosis lowers live birth odds in first fertility treatment
Deep infiltrating endometriosis on transvaginal ultrasound (TVUS) decreases the chance for a live birth in women undergoing their first fertility treatment, according to Swedish research published January 19 in Fertility and Sterility. A team led by Sara Alson, MD, from Lund University in Malmö found that expectant mothers undergoing in vitro fertilization (IVF) or intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) treatment and who have endometriosis had a nearly 10% lower chance of a live birth compared with those without the disease. “Our results contradict those that suggest that IVF treatment can completely counter the nega...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - January 22, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Amerigo Allegretto Tags: Ultrasound Womens Imaging Source Type: news

TVUS-detected endometriosis lowers live birth odds in first fertility treatment
Deep infiltrating endometriosis on transvaginal ultrasound (TVUS) decreases the chance for a live birth in women undergoing their first fertility treatment, according to Swedish research published January 19 in Fertility and Sterility. A team led by Sara Alson, MD, from Lund University in Malmö found that expectant mothers undergoing in vitro fertilization (IVF) or intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) treatment and who have endometriosis had a nearly 10% lower chance of a live birth compared with those without the disease. “Our results contradict those that suggest that IVF treatment can completely counter the nega...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - January 22, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Amerigo Allegretto Tags: Ultrasound Womens Imaging Source Type: news

New Standard for Unresectable Hepatocellular Carcinoma?
(MedPage Today) -- SAN FRANCISCO -- After more than 20 years of trying, systemic therapy for unresectable liver cancer has improved outcomes with transarterial chemoembolization (TACE), a randomized trial showed. Patients who received durvalumab... (Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology)
Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology - January 21, 2024 Category: Gastroenterology Source Type: news

1st-ever experiment shows how pigs might one day help help people with liver failure
In a potential bridge to transplant approach, U.S. surgeons successfully externally attached a pig liver to a brain-dead human body and watched it successfully filter blood. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - January 19, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Health Source Type: news

1st-ever experiment shows how pigs might one day help people with liver failure
In a potential bridge to transplant approach, U.S. surgeons successfully externally attached a pig liver to a brain-dead human body and watched it successfully filter blood. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - January 19, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Health Source Type: news

First-Ever Experiment Shows How Pigs Could One Day Help Liver Failure Patients
(MedPage Today) -- Surgeons externally attached a pig liver to a brain-dead human body and watched it successfully filter blood, a step toward eventually trying the technique in patients with liver failure. The University of Pennsylvania announced... (Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology)
Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology - January 19, 2024 Category: Gastroenterology Source Type: news

IIL launches first indigenous Hepatitis A vaccine
Priced at ?2,150 per dose, it is a two-dose vaccine in which the first dose is administered at above 12 months of age and the second dose is given at least after 6 months of the first dose. The vaccine is also recommended for individuals who are at risk of exposure or travel to the regions with high hepatitis A prevalence. In addition to this people with occupational risk of infection and suffering from chronic liver diseases also need Hepatitis A vaccination. (Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News)
Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News - January 19, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

Experimental use of pig liver to filter blood externally offers hope for patients
Surgeons at University of Pennsylvania attached modified organ from pig to brain-dead human bodySurgeons externally attached a pig liver to a brain-dead human body and watched it successfully filter blood, a step toward eventually trying the technique in patients with liver failure.The University of Pennsylvania announced the novel experiment on Thursday, a different spin on animal-to-human organ transplants. In this case, the pig liver was used outside the donated body, not inside – a way to create a “bridge” to support failing livers by doing the organ’s blood-cleansing work externally, much like dialysis for fai...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - January 19, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Associated Press Tags: Medical research Science US news Source Type: news