Patients May Receive Too Much Acetaminophen in Hospital
5/23/2012 - Use of drugs such as Tylenol, Percocet can exceed recommended daily dose, study finds ...
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Hepatitis C Causing Liver Damage in Greater Numbers: Study
5/22/2012 - An additional 300,000 Americans could develop advanced liver disease from the virus by 2015 ...
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U.S. Liver Transplants Declining
5/22/2012 - Some livers available for transplant are discarded because they're not healthy enough, study finds ...
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Body Building, Diet Supplements Linked to Liver Damage: Study
5/22/2012 - These products could provide a target for regulation, researchers say ...
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Test Baby Boomers for Hepatitis C, Says CDC
5/18/2012 - Undetected disease can lead to cirrhosis, liver cancer, agency notes ...
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Screening for Other Health Problems May Aid COPD Survival
5/4/2012 - Cancers, heart conditions, diabetes among the diseases that were linked to study patient deaths ...
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Childhood Obesity May Raise Odds of Adult Liver Cancer
4/20/2012 - Findings underscore importance of healthy weight in youth, researcher says ...
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Lower Risk for Bowel Obstruction With Less Invasive Surgery: Study
4/20/2012 - Swedish researchers compared open surgery with laparoscopy ...
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Diabetes Drug Metformin Might Also Help Fight Cancer
4/2/2012 - People taking it seemed to fare better when faced with prostate, pancreatic tumors, studies found ...
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Hepatitis C Now Kills More Americans Than HIV
2/20/2012 - Middle-aged most often affected, and many are unaware they have been infected, CDC says ...
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Certain Cancer Drugs May Have Fatal Side Effects: Analysis
2/6/2012 - Risk is very small, but doctors, patients should be made aware, investigators say ...
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Stem Cells May Further Hepatitis C Research
1/31/2012 - Using liver-like cells, scientists hope to learn how some people resist infection ...
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Live Liver Donation Safer Than Previously Thought
1/30/2012 - Risk of death is 1.7 per thousand donors, new study finds ...
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Statins May Stave Off Liver Cancer in People With Hepatitis B
1/27/2012 - Study found lower risk of developing disease for people taking these cholesterol-cutting drugs ...
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Many U.S. Adults Not Vaccinated for Hepatitis B
1/20/2012 - Missed opportunities lead to many new infections each year, study found ...
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