Disorder Conditions - Liver Health
The Challenges of Liver Transplantation
Liver transplants are the last source of hope for many patients with advanced liver disease. But not all patients are eligible for transplants, and those who are often have to suffer through an extended waiting period.
The Challenges of Liver Transplantation
Liver transplants are the last source of hope for many patients with advanced liver disease. But not all patients are eligible for transplants, and those who are often have to suffer through an extended waiting period.
A Liver .. and a Life: A Transplant Recipient's Story
After years of suffering from a progressive gastrointestinal disease, David Pearl reached a point where his life depended on a liver transplant. He waited and waited... and finally the call came.
Older Woman Survives Two Days With a Liver
Dallas grandmother called a miracle patient after surviving more than two days without a liver , waiting for a transplant.
Overweight and obese kids are at risk for what's known as "Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease."
Baby First to Be Born to Transplant Recipient Parents
A new family made medical history: doctors believe that Andersen Labbe was the first baby born from parents who are both liver transplant recipients.
1 in 12 People are Infected With Viral Hepatitis
Hundreds of thousands of people are infected with Hepatitis C, a disease with no vaccine.
New Drugs Offer Hope to Hep C Patients
New drugs recently approved by the FDA offering hope to Hepatitis C patients.
A Round-up of Recent Medical Headlines
Researchers have found no heart related issues amongst medicated ADHD children; a new study finds only 22% skin lesions were positive for cancer; and the FDA has approved a new treatment for Hepatitis C.
An FDA advisory panel has unanimously voted to recommend approval of an experimental drug called boceprevir to treat hepatitis C.
