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my alkaline diet really did help me survive breast cancer: Surgery kept her alive, but ex-TV star Marchioness of Worcester insists alternative therapies played a vital part in her recvery Call it ‘quackery’, but my alkaline diet did help me survive breast cancer: Ex-TV star and Marchioness of Worcester insists alternative therapy was vital in…

NOTE:  This article is of interest as yet again it emphasises the huge importance of diet in combatting disease. The more I read about diet, the more I become convinced that many of our nastiest diseases are caused by diet issues in the first place and hence may be cured by correcting those dietary issues.…

Fatty liver disease has gone from unknown to pandemic, but does it mean anything? By Druin Burch |Posted Friday, Dec. 14, 2012, at 12:51 PM ET Foie gras—essentially fatty liver—is delicious. Is it a disease? Photo by Lilyana Vynogradova/iStockPhoto. Diseases come and diseases go—which, when you think about it, they really shouldn’t. Outside of diseases that have been eradicated, this…

Abbott’s Hep C Drug Trio Cures Most in a Few Months November 15, 2012 In a mid-stage trial, Abbott’s all-oral drug combo for Hepatitis C posted cure rates in the 90th percentile – even in previous non-responders. UPDATE 2-Abbott hepatitis C drugs bring high cure rates in trial * High cure rates seen in patients…

‘Rising tide’ of liver disease due to obesity, alcohol and infections, Prof Dame Sally Davies warns England is facing a rising tide of fatal liver disease, the Chief Medical Officer has warned, fuelled by obesity, alcohol and preventable infections. Poor diet and lack of physical activity would be contributing to a rise in fatty liver…

Unhealthy lifestyles ‘fuel liver disease rise’ By Nick Triggle Health correspondent, BBC News Liver disease deaths in the under-65s have risen by a fifth in the past decade High levels of drinking and obesity mean England is one of the few places in Europe seeing a major preventative disease getting worse, the chief medical officer…

Simeprevir is safe and effective with interferon/ribavirin for hepatitis C patients with cirrhosis NEW AND EXPERIMENTAL HEPATITIS C TREATMENT > Liz Highleyman Produced in collaboration with hivandhepatitis.com Published: 19 November 2012 Fred Poordad from Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles © Liz Highleyman / hivandhepatitis.com Jump to http://images.aidsmap.com/site/file/1050160/resize/w10/); background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; “> Simeprevir drug interactions Interferon-free…

FibroScan Most Reliable Test for Assessing Severe Fibrosis and Cirrhosis in Alcoholic Liver Disease: Presented at AASLD  By Cheryl Lathrop BOSTON — November 14, 2012 — Ultrasound-based transient elastography provides a reliable noninvasive indicator of severe liver fibrosis and cirrhosis in alcoholic liver disease, and FibroScan appears to provide the best results of currently available…

24,000 with diabetes ‘are dying needlessly’: Fewer than half of patients get vital checks, say MPs By Jenny Hope PUBLISHED: 19:01 EST, 5 November 2012 | UPDATED: 19:01 EST, 5 November 2012 Up to 24,000 patients with diabetes are dying needlessly each year despite the NHS spending £3.9billion on their care, warn MPs. A report from an influential Commons…

UK – Liver cirrhosis deaths double in last 15 years Author: The Irish Times LEVELS OF mortality from cirrhosis of the liver have doubled in the last 15 years as a “direct result of alcohol consumption”, a leading consultant on gastroenterology has said. Prof Frank Murray, chairman of the alcohol policy group at the Royal College…