Cirrhosis
Definition & Facts Cirrhosis is a condition in which your liver is scarred and permanently damaged. Scar tissue replaces healthy liver tissue and prevents your liver from working normally. As cirrhosis gets worse, your liver begins to fail. Symptoms & Causes Cirrhosis has many signs and symptoms, such as fatigue and severe itchy skin. They […]
Liver Transplant
Definition & Facts A liver transplant is surgery to remove your diseased or injured liver and replace it with a healthy liver from another person, called a donor. If your liver stops working properly, called liver failure, a liver transplant can save your life. Transplant Process Before a liver transplant, you’ll be referred to a […]
Alagille Syndrome
Definition & Facts Alagille syndrome is a genetic disorder that may affect many different parts of the body, including the liver. A person with Alagille syndrome has fewer than the normal number of small bile ducts inside the liver. As bile builds up in the liver, it may cause liver damage. Symptoms & Causes The […]
Clinical Trial
What are clinical trials? Clinical trials are a part of clinical research and at the heart of all medical advances. Clinical trials look at new ways to prevent, detect, or treat disease. Treatments might be new drugs or new combinations of drugs, new surgical procedures or devices, or new ways to use existing treatments. The […]
Insulin, Medicines, & Other Diabetes Treatments
Taking insulin or other diabetes medicines is often part of treating diabetes. In addition to making healthy food and beverage choices, getting physical activity, getting enough sleep, and managing stress, medicines can help you manage the disease. Some other treatment options are also available. What medicines might I take for diabetes? The medicine you take depends on […]
Symptoms & causes of diabetes
In this section: What are the symptoms of diabetes? What causes type 1 diabetes? What causes type 2 diabetes? What causes gestational diabetes? What else can cause diabetes? What are the symptoms of diabetes? Symptoms of diabetes include increased thirst and urination increased hunger fatigue blurred vision numbness or tingling in the feet or hands sores that […]
Kidney Stones
How common are kidney stones? Each year, more than half a million people go to emergency rooms for kidney stone problems. It is estimated that one in ten people will have a kidney stone at some time in their lives. The prevalence of kidney stones in the United States increased from 3.8% in the late […]
REDUCE BREAST CANCER RISK FACTORS
How has breast cancer affected your life? Research tells us that one out of every eight women will receive a breast cancer diagnosis, so it is likely that we all know someone who has fought the battle against it. With such a widespread disease, you might wonder how likely you are to develop it and […]
Why Should I Participate in a Clinical Trial?
Clinical trials are part of clinical research and at the heart of all medical advances. Clinical trials look at new ways to prevent, detect, or treat disease. Treatments might be new drugs or new combinations of drugs, new surgical procedures or devices, or new ways to use existing treatments. The goal of clinical trials is […]
What is MESH
(Recipe for healthy aging: Move, Eat, Sleep, Heal) Dr. Bill Thomas, Founder of the Eden Alternative and creator of The Green House Project gave a provocative, captivating (and at times humorous) speech to kick off the 2015 Senior Living Innovation Forum. While he touched upon a variety of themes, Dr. Thomas focused a majority of his talk […]
