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The liver is the largest organ of the human body. It helps your body digest food, store energy, and remove poisons. The liver's main job is to filter the blood coming from the digestive tract, before passing it to the rest of the body.
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MAY 06, 2016Plants & Animals
Bear bile farms are expanding rapidly throughout Southeast Asia, particularly in China, Vietnam and Laos. Bear bile, whi ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 03, 2016Cardiology
Including a small amount of chocolate in your daily diet might help prevent diabetes and insulin resistance—and, a ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)MAY 02, 2016Health & Medicine
For people with a certain gene mutation, metabolizing fat can be much harder for the body to do than it would be for a h ...Written By: Kara MarkerAPR 27, 2016Health & Medicine
For most patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) who die, the cause of death is heart disease. Although N ...Written By: Kara MarkerAPR 22, 2016Health & Medicine
Macrophages exist in every type of body tissue, in the lungs as alveolar macrophages and in the liver as Kupffer cells. ...Written By: Kara MarkerAPR 22, 2016Microbiology
Species in the genus Dictyostelium are social amoebae that are sometimes referred to as slime molds (although they are a ...Written By: Kerry EvansAPR 22, 2016Videos
The problem of treatment resistant tumors in cancer research is complex but some new information might help. Researchers ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAPR 20, 2016Health & Medicine
For atherosclerosis patients who experience a wide range of side effects to cholesterol-lowering drugs, an alternate opt ...Written By: Kara MarkerAPR 16, 2016Videos
Fatty liver disease is a condition in which excess fat in the liver makes up over 5 to 10 percent of the liver's weight. ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetAPR 15, 2016Health & Medicine
Researchers have designed an algorithm to help physicians make decisions on whether they should treat a patient sufferin ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetAPR 08, 2016Videos
Your body needs energy to keep your organs going and to move around. You get energy by consuming calories. If you don't ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetAPR 07, 2016Health & Medicine
How much medication should you be prescribed? Everyone is born with a different body, so how much and what kind of medic ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetAPR 02, 2016Videos
Added sugar damages our liver, messes up our metabolism, impairs brain function, and causes wrinkles. It is the type of ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetAPR 01, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Early in March 2016, Hopkins doctors transplanted organs from a deceased donor into two recipients. But what made this o ...MAR 29, 2016Microbiology
Malaria has long been considered a relatively modern disease - researchers thought the modern parasites had only been ar ...Written By: Kerry EvansMAR 28, 2016Cancer
Precision medicine is an emerging field where clinicians tailor treatment plans for each individual based on their genet ...MAR 26, 2016Videos
Coffee has been long viewed as a vice. We often use "coffee" and "caffeine" interchangeably. After all, a cup of coffee ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetMAR 26, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Mount Sinai Hospital recently became the first US health care center to use a specialized technology called M1 LUMI bead ...MAR 14, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Johns Hopkins researchers found a new way to transplant kidney organs from any donor – regardless of compatibility ...MAR 03, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Increased levels of a blood protein may make a person not only more susceptible to strokes, but could also send the pers ...FEB 20, 2016Health & Medicine
Air pollution can have devastating effects on a person’s health. According to the World Health Organization, being ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetFEB 18, 2016Microbiology
Researchers identified a new herpes virus that infects bats. Herpes viruses are double-stranded DNA viruses that infect ...Written By: Kerry EvansFEB 10, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Doctors at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore have obtained approval to become the nation’s first hospital to p ...FEB 08, 2016Health & Medicine
The recent Ebola outbreak in West Africa has claimed more than 11,300 lives—a stark reminder of the lack of effect ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)
MAY 06, 2016
Plants & Animals
Bear bile farms are expanding rapidly throughout Southeast Asia, particularly in China, Vietnam and Laos. Bear bile, whi
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 03, 2016
Cardiology
Including a small amount of chocolate in your daily diet might help prevent diabetes and insulin resistance—and, a
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
MAY 02, 2016
Health & Medicine
For people with a certain gene mutation, metabolizing fat can be much harder for the body to do than it would be for a h
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
APR 27, 2016
Health & Medicine
For most patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) who die, the cause of death is heart disease. Although N
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
APR 22, 2016
Health & Medicine
Macrophages exist in every type of body tissue, in the lungs as alveolar macrophages and in the liver as Kupffer cells.
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
APR 22, 2016
Microbiology
Species in the genus Dictyostelium are social amoebae that are sometimes referred to as slime molds (although they are a
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
APR 22, 2016
Videos
The problem of treatment resistant tumors in cancer research is complex but some new information might help. Researchers
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
APR 20, 2016
Health & Medicine
For atherosclerosis patients who experience a wide range of side effects to cholesterol-lowering drugs, an alternate opt
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
APR 16, 2016
Videos
Fatty liver disease is a condition in which excess fat in the liver makes up over 5 to 10 percent of the liver's weight.
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
APR 15, 2016
Health & Medicine
Researchers have designed an algorithm to help physicians make decisions on whether they should treat a patient sufferin
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
APR 08, 2016
Videos
Your body needs energy to keep your organs going and to move around. You get energy by consuming calories. If you don't
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
APR 07, 2016
Health & Medicine
How much medication should you be prescribed? Everyone is born with a different body, so how much and what kind of medic
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
APR 02, 2016
Videos
Added sugar damages our liver, messes up our metabolism, impairs brain function, and causes wrinkles. It is the type of
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
APR 01, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Early in March 2016, Hopkins doctors transplanted organs from a deceased donor into two recipients. But what made this o
...
MAR 29, 2016
Microbiology
Malaria has long been considered a relatively modern disease - researchers thought the modern parasites had only been ar
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
MAR 28, 2016
Cancer
Precision medicine is an emerging field where clinicians tailor treatment plans for each individual based on their genet
...
MAR 26, 2016
Videos
Coffee has been long viewed as a vice. We often use "coffee" and "caffeine" interchangeably. After all, a cup of coffee
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
MAR 26, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Mount Sinai Hospital recently became the first US health care center to use a specialized technology called M1 LUMI bead
...
MAR 14, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Johns Hopkins researchers found a new way to transplant kidney organs from any donor – regardless of compatibility
...
MAR 03, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Increased levels of a blood protein may make a person not only more susceptible to strokes, but could also send the pers
...
FEB 20, 2016
Health & Medicine
Air pollution can have devastating effects on a person’s health. According to the World Health Organization, being
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
FEB 18, 2016
Microbiology
Researchers identified a new herpes virus that infects bats. Herpes viruses are double-stranded DNA viruses that infect
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
FEB 10, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Doctors at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore have obtained approval to become the nation’s first hospital to p
...
FEB 08, 2016
Health & Medicine
The recent Ebola outbreak in West Africa has claimed more than 11,300 lives—a stark reminder of the lack of effect
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)