Posts by craig@cnlpcb.com
The Trinity – Treatment, but No Cure…
So here we have the Trinity. All connected, all related. All of them life-threatening, all of them awful. All of them symptomatic of End Stage Liver Disease, all of them part and parcel of life with cirrhosis. Ascites, Varices and Hepatic Encephalopathy. All due to portal hypertension as the root cause. None of them curable.…
Read MoreBinge drinking doubles liver disease among Irish youth
by Annalisa Lista – 04.24.2013 | Comments | Print | Since binge drinking and related diseases have increased over the past 5 years in Ireland, the RCPI Policy Group on Alcohol have listed a series of recommendations in order to reduce this phenomenon. According to data released, alcohol consumption is especially popular among people…
Read More1 in 8 admissions for alcoholic liver disease ends in a hospital death
Provisional figures from the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) show that in 2012, nearly half of liver disease admissions to hospitals in England were for alcoholic liver disease (47.7%, or 16,510 out of 34,650), and approximately 1 in 8 of these resulted in a hospital death (12.3%, or 2,030 out of 16,510). These…
Read MoreDisease Management – The Art of Being in Control
Disease Management – “What?” I hear you say. Yep, that’s right, disease management! If you read the previous article you will no doubt realize that the medical profession is limited in what it can do to help you. It is important for you to realize this and equally, I think it important that they (the…
Read MoreI have Cirrhosis – now, where did all my friends go?
In this series of articles we have explored some of the aspects of the disease. But the effects of the disease go far beyond where you might expect them to go. Apart from cirrhosis forcing you into a mental battle of enormous proportions, the spread it its impact has huge and detrimental collateral damage on…
Read MorePouring granulated sugar on wounds 'can heal them faster than antibiotics'
Pouring granulated sugar on wounds ‘can heal them faster than antibiotics’ Folk medicine from Africa may hold the key to treating wounds that defy modern medicine Sugar draws water from the wound into a dressing which accelerates the healing process By Jenny Hope PUBLISHED: 19:11 EST, 14 February 2013 | UPDATED: 05:34 EST, 15 February…
Read MoreCommon bacteria activating natural killer T cells may cause autoimmune liver disease
Common bacteria may cause autoimmune liver disease Published: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 – 13:42 in Health & Medicine A bacteria commonly found in soil and water triggered autoimmune symptoms in mice similar to those found in an incurable liver disease called Primary Biliary Cirrhosis (PBC). Reporting their findings in the May 15 Cell Host &…
Read MoreNever Stop Hoping and Never Stop Trying
So here we are, sufferers or maybe victims of this disease and everything in the garden is looking less than wonderful. We are now suffering major symptoms and slowly coming to the realization that not much can be done for them medically speaking. Our friends are deserting us in droves and as for our finances?…
Read MoreCutting salt could save 20,000 lives each year in UK
Cutting salt could save 20,000 lives each year in UK Too much salt increases risk of high blood pressure, which can lead to heart attacks and stroke Adults should consume no more than 6g a day, but on average UK men have 9.7g and women have 7.7g By Claire Bates PUBLISHED: 06:41 EST, 12 February…
Read MoreFood and drink companies using the same dodgy tactics
Food and drink companies are using the same dodgy tactics as tobacco companies to protect profits, leading experts warn Report says global firms are using sneaky tactics that jeopardise health Include lobbying governments to block health regulations against junk food Other methods include distorting research findings and paying large sums of money to form close…
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