A healthy liver is vital to the overall function of the body. To improve liver health, it is crucial to first have a proper understanding of the liver in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). Whereas Western medicine views the liver as a single organ, TCM considers the liver as a comprehensive system that includes the circulatory…
Rehabilitation Post-Hepatitis B Reduces Risk of Liver Disease Complications, but Risk of Liver Cancer Remains: Study
About 540,000 people in Hong Kong suffer from hepatitis B and the general belief among most people is that chronic hepatitis B can only be managed, not fully cured. However, the surface antigen of the hepatitis B virus (HBsAg) can be erased in some patients. These cases can be considered recovered and are technically referred to…
Coffee Good for Diabetes and Its Common Complications: Current Studies
About one in 10 Americans are living with diabetes, and between 90 and 95 percent of them have Type 2 diabetes. Compelling evidence suggests that increasing your coffee intake could lower your risk for this condition. Coffee May Prevent Type 2 Diabetes A large study from Harvard University looked at the coffee habits of over 100,000…
Liver Disease: A New Risk From Hormone Disruptors
In this series, we explore ways medical science, modern medicine, and lifestyles have taken us to an unhealthy extreme—and what alternatives and solutions may exist. By now, most people are aware of endocrine-disrupting chemicals, or EDCs—and their dangers—but they may not be aware of their links to the most common liver disease of our time….
Alberta Reporting 2 Probable Cases of Mystery Liver Disease in Patients Under 16
Alberta’s chief medical officer of health says there are two probable cases of severe acute hepatitis of unknown origin in children in the province. Dr. Deena Hinshaw says both children are under 16. She says one of the patients was treated, discharged from hospital and is doing well. Hinshaw says the other patient remains in…
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