Examining how poor diet damages blood vessels (Diet can fix liver, but not kidneys)
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Medical Xpress / Leipzig University / Nature Metabolism ^
| Nov. 21, 2022 | Olga Bondareva et al
Over the course of the last several decades, the rate of obesity has progressively increased and is now one of the leading causes of death worldwide—650 million adults are classified as obese. The
World Health Organization (WHO) defines obesity as the accumulation of excessive fat in the body creating risks for a healthy life. The main causes: changing diets and lifestyles. But what are bad eating habits doing to our blood vessels? A research team led investigated how obesity impacts blood vessels' structure at a molecular level. The team's research illustrates that metabolic disease affects blood vessels in different organs...
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Man, 24, who stabbed Salman Rushdie had fake driver's license in name of HEZBOLLAH commander and praised Iran's Revolutionary Guard on social media: Author is on ventilator, will likely lose an eye, his arm nerves are severed and his liver damaged
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Daily Mail UK ^
| August 13, 2022 | Andrea Cavallier
The man accused of stabbing author Salman Rushdie held a fake driver's license bearing the surname of an infamous Hezbollah commander, it has been claimed. That
driver's license, which was was found on 24-year-old Hadi Mater bore the name Hassan Mughniyah. Both the first and second names are linked to infamous terrorist organization Hezbollah. The group's current leader is named Hassan Nasrallah. While one of the group's most notorious figures was Imad Mughniyeh, who was killed in a CIA-linked assassination in Syria in 2008. NBC New York reports that Mater's social media accounts showed that he was sympathetic to Shia...
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Salman Rushdie in serious condition, on ventilator, loss of eye and liver damage
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The Guardian ^
| August 12, 2022 | J. Oliver Convoy
Rushdie on ventilator and may lose an eye, agent says Salman Rushdie is on a ventilator, unable to speak, and may lose an eye, his agent told Reuters and the New York Times.“The news is not good,” Andrew Wylie, Rushdie’s agent, said Friday evening. “Salman
will likely lose one eye; the nerves in his arm were severed; and his liver was stabbed and damaged.”
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Popular Malaysian soup can cause liver damage when mixed with medication (Possibly bogus conclusion)
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Medical Xpress / University of Adelaide / Forensic Science, Medicine and Pathology ^
| July 12, 2022 | Lee Gaskin / Susan M. Britza et al
Researchers have found that a popular soup, bak kut teh, has the potential to cause liver failure by clashing with prescription medication. "Our
team studied the recipes of four locally purchased packet mixes of bak kut teh, otherwise known as meat bone tea," said Professor Roger Byard. "When mixed with liver cells, the ingredients killed up to 83% in one concentrated soup formula. "People have been warned for some time that herbal medicines and therapies may have harmful side effects that can include significant liver damage. In rare cases this has required transplantation and even led to death. "For the...
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Rare, severe liver damage reported in kids in U.S. and Europe
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NBC News ^
| April 15, 2022 | Erika Edwards
Public health officials in Europe and the United States are investigating dozens of puzzling cases of severe hepatitis in young children. Hepatitis
is an inflammation of the liver. The cause is often a virus, but the viruses that commonly cause the illness — hepatitis A, B, C, D and E — have been ruled out in the cases in question, leaving doctors searching for the culprit. In several cases, the illness was so severe that the children needed a liver transplant. No deaths have been reported. The World Health Organization on Friday said it was investigating 74 cases of severe...
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Rare, severe liver damage reported in kids in U.S. and Europe
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NBC news ^
| April 16. 2022 | Erika Edwards
Public health officials in Europe and the United States are investigating dozens of puzzling cases of severe hepatitis in young children.Hepatitis is an inflammation of the liver. The
cause is often a virus, but the viruses that commonly cause the illness — hepatitis A, B, C, D and E — have been ruled out in the cases in question, leaving doctors searching for the culprit.In several cases, the illness was so severe that the children needed a liver transplant. No deaths have been reported.The World Health Organization on Friday said it was investigating 74 cases of severe acute hepatitis in...
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Kids in the U.S. and Europe Are Coming Down With Mysterious Liver Damage
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Gizmodo ^
| April 15, 2022 | Ed Cara
Dozens of children in the UK and Europe, as well as some in the U.S., have come down with symptoms of hepatitis not currently explained by known causes. Theories
for the outbreak include the resurgence of an existing but usually quieter germ, complications of covid-19, or even the arrival of a novel or mutated virus. Hepatitis is most often caused by a group of five unrelated viruses (hepatitis A through E), but it’s actually a formal term for any kind of liver inflammation. Various infectious diseases, heavy alcohol use, toxins, and even certain medications can all cause hepatitis. Symptoms range...
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Mice flown in space show nascent liver damage
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space daily ^
n a discovery with implications for long-term spaceflight and future missions to Mars, a researcher at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus has found that mice flown aboard the space shuttle Atlantis returned to Earth with early signs of liver disease. "Prior
to this study we really didn't have much information on the impact of spaceflight on the liver," said the study's lead author Karen Jonscher, PhD, an associate professor of anesthesiology and a physicist at CU Anschutz. "We knew that astronauts often returned with diabetes-like symptoms but they usually resolved quickly." But the prospect of liver damage raises...
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