Topic: Europe

Barcelona's French defender Eric Abidal underwent surgery "without incident" on Thursday to remove a liver tumour, the defending Spanish champions said.Doctors at Barcelona's Hospital Clinic managed to remove the entire tumour during the operation, which lasted around three hours, it said in ...

Abidal to have surgery for liver tumour - club

Barcelona's France international Eric Abidal is to undergo surgery for a liver tumour, the club said late Tuesday.The 31-year-old will undergo the operation on Friday at a Barcelona hospital, the Spanish champions announced in a brief statement on their website.The club said: ...
Sirtex, a leading developer of targeted and innovative liver cancer therapies, provided an update on clinical initiatives regarding SIR-Spheres microspheres. In addition to the two completed studies, Sirtex also released updates regarding a larger, independent global study currently enrolling patients at 40 ...

Alpidem

Alpidem (Ananxyl) is an anxiolytic drug from the imidazopyridine family, related to the more well known sleeping medication zolpidem . Langer SZ, Arbilla S, Tan S, Lloyd KG, George P, Allen J, Wick AE. Alpidem is generally prescribed to patients with moderate ...
VRX) and Kadmon Pharmaceuticals LLC have concluded two strategic agreements for the development and commercialization of taribavirin and the commercial marketing of ribavirin in the treatment of viral diseases, including hepatitis C virus (HCV). Under a separate agreement, Valeant has paid Kadmon ...

Jaundice at birth may be linked to autism

Babies treated for jaundice are more likely to develop autism than other infants, though the increase is small. So says Rikke Damkjaer Maimburg of Aarhus University in Denmark and colleagues who studied all Danish births between 1994 and 2004.

Jaundice newborns prone to develop autism: study

Infants born with jaundice are at much greater risk of developing autism, a study published Monday showed.The study published in the US journal Pediatrics found full-term infants born in Denmark between 1994 and 2004 who had jaundice were 67 percent more likely ...

What Is Milk Thistle Liquid?

Milk thistle liquid is the watery fluid that comes from the crushed leaves of the milk thistle plant. One of the earliest mentions of milk thistle liquid can be found in writings of Theophrastus, a physician from the fourth century BC, and ...
Kava , also known as kava kava, is a large shrub that grows on some islands of the Pacific Ocean. A link between kava and liver problems has been identified in several kava users in Europe who developed severe liver-related health complications ...
There is a great deal of disagreement on kava side effects , and some countries have approved it to use in small amounts, while others, like Germany and Canada, have banned its sale. It is available in countries like the US, in ...
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