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What is a fatty liver?
It's not enough that we simply have to worry about the fat that's increasingly growing around our bellies. Americans should also be concerned about the fat that they can't see: the stuff that's filling up their livers, more commonly known as Nonalcoholic...
Tags: Mount Sinai, Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease, Diabetes, Liver Disease, Hospitals and Clinics
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Police turn out at blood drive in honor of injured officer
Those who work in public safety consider themselves part of a brotherhood. But for the purposes of organ donation, a brother in blue may not be quite family enough, as Officer Gene Cassidy is finding out.
Cassidy was shot in the head 27 years ago in West...Tags: University of Maryland Medical Center, Emergency Health Procedures, Human Interest, David Simon, Charity
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Hepatitis C deaths up, baby boomers most at risk
WASHINGTON (AP)— Deaths from liver-destroying hepatitis C are on the rise, and new data shows baby boomers especially should take heed — they are most at risk.
Federal health officials are considering whether anyone born between 1945 and 1965...Tags: Disease Prevention, Merck & Company Incorporated, Health and Medical Professionals, Internal Medicine, Hospitals and Clinics
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Adult diabetics need hepatitis vaccination
Health districts serving the Peninsula are advising all primary care physicians that adults diagnosed with diabetes mellitus (Type 1 and 2) should be vaccinated against hepatitis B as soon as possible after diagnosis. The vaccine is particularly...Tags: Vaccines, Disease Prevention, Diabetes, Hospitals and Clinics, Chemicals
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Murder charges dropped against Burbank man
Murder charges were dropped this week against a 71-year-old Burbank man after officials determined that his wife was not the victim of a homicide, but instead died of a liver disease. Joseph Robert Brancato had been charged with murder after allegedly...Tags: Liver Disease, Domestic Violence, Murder, Judges, Crime, Law and Justice
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Autopsy: Homeless man died in part from cold exposure
The death of a 58-year-old homeless man is being attributed to hyperthermia and cold exposure, an autopsy found today.
Francisco Rojas was found early Monday on the 1900 block of South Ashland Avenue and was pronounced dead at 8:25 a.m. at John H....Tags: John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County, Hospitals and Clinics, Hyperthermia, Hypothermia, Health
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Pop Culture 101: Final Exam 2011
Were you paying attention to the pop culture in 2011? It was certainly an eventful year, with pop stars and talk show hosts grabbing headlines and a colorful cast of Republican presidential hopefuls jockeying for position. Here's a little test to make...Tags: Tom Waits, University of California, Davis, Christina Aguilera, Ryan O'Neal, Freedom of the Press
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Progress doubts at disease summit
LONDON — Everyone knows what it would take to curb the global rise of chronic illnesses like heart disease, certain cancers and diabetes, but getting nations and their citizens to make the essential changes is more than daunting.
This week marks...Tags: Human Rights, Beverage Industry, Skin Lesion, Diabetes, Cancer
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Drug legalization: Wrong lesson of Prohibition
Prohibition — America's notoriously "failed social experiment" to rid the country of alcohol — took center stage this past week as PBS broadcast Ken Burns' highly acclaimed series on the subject. And already, it has been seized on by drug-...Tags: Laws, Barack Obama, Ken Burns, Employment Opportunities, Organized Crime
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Obama administration hasn't learned from Prohibition
In response to Kevin A. Sabet's recent opinion piece ("Drug legalization: Wrong lesson of Prohibition," Oct. 9), I don't know which is more abhorrent — that a Baltimore newspaper would run an op-ed championing Prohibition as "not as bad as you...Tags: Barack Obama, White House
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Dark-skinned men at risk of vitamin D deficiency
Men who spend little time in the sun, live in northern locales or have dark skin may need to increase their intake of vitamin D to prevent deficiency, a Northwestern University medical researcher has found.
Vitamin D is required for the proper absorption...Tags: Overweight, Vitamin D, Immune System, Hospitals and Clinics, Birth Defects
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Autopsy: No foul play in death of McKinley Park man found outside his home
Tribune reporterA man who was found dead outside of his McKinley Park home early Friday died of cirrhosis of the liver, an autopsy revealed. Don Mankunas, 59, of the 3700 block of South Hermitage Avenue, was found lying face down by a female tenant outside of the...Tags: McKinley Park
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