Recent Liver News
- Liver is key in Cupertino couple's story from the heart
Debra Nagel and Randy LeClaire's story of love through adversity is one they hope touches the liver, rather than the heart. The Cupertino couple shared their story five years ago at a time when their future looked bleak. Randy was battling autoimmune hepatitis, a condition in which the immune system attacks the liver, and was in desperate need of a transplant. He had been on a transplant list ...
- Liver fluke still a threat
Liver fluke is still a threat to livestock despite the dry weather. Fluke has already been found in livers of spring born lambs at abattoirs, so it's vital beef and sheep producers are not lulled in to a false sense of security, says Novartis' vet Saul Harvey.
- Healthy Living: New treatment for liver cancer extends life
Charles Lockwood has advanced stage liver cancer and was taken off the transplant list after a new tumor appeared in another part of his body. He underwent a new treatment called Therasphere to shrink the tumor, and is now able to enjoy the time he has left.
- Benefit dinner to be held for liver cancer survivor
After a 19-month battle with liver cancer Lanie Martinek may soon be able to return home, but her medical bills have continued to pile up.
- Hospital denies suspected killer got new liver
The widely reported liver transplant at the New York-Presbyterian Hospital to alleged killer Johnny Concepcion never took place, a spokesperson told Reuters Health on Tuesday.
- New Transplantation Criteria For Liver Cancer Patients
Researchers at the University of California, San Francisco propose that treatments used on liver cancers beyond the established Milan criteria for liver transplantation may be appropriate for all patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) who are listed for transplantation. Full details appear in the August issue of Liver Transplantation, a journal published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the ...
- When his liver failed, Don Waugh's friends stepped up
By Waveney Ann Moore, Times Staff Writer Tuesday, July 27, 2010 Don Waugh needs a new liver, and in the wake of his wifes death, friends are raising money to help him live long enough to get one. Don Waugh has an ambitious wish list. "I want to climb Mount Fuji in Japan. I want to swim with the great white sharks. I want to go to Antarctica." What he doesn't say, because it's understood ...
- Adult liver transplant a success
A Bhutanese who underwent the first adult liver transplant in eastern India three weeks ago was released from a private hospital in the city on Tuesday.
- Burbank man gets 9 years in fatal DUI crash
A 43-year-old Burbank man who has advanced liver disease was sentenced today to 9 years in prison for driving drunk and causing the death of a 38-year-old Darien woman who was a passenger in a van he hit. Robert Pas pleaded guilty to aggravated drunk driving in January and was sentenced today by DuPage Judge George Bakalis, who could have sentenced him to up to 12 years. Pas, of the 8600 block ...
- Can-Fite drug candidate CF102 decreases HCV viral load in liver cancer
Can-Fite BioPharma Ltd, a biotechnology company traded on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, reported that a significant decrease in HCV viral load was detected in three patients with liver cancer who are treated daily orally with CF102. The company is studying CF102 as a treatment for liver cancer (hepatocellular carcinoma, or HCC). The results announced today relate to data which came out of a phase ...
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