Insight ‘I had the liver of an alcoholic aged 10’ Posted onAugust 29, 2023 Medical student Megan McGillin was diagnosed with cirrhosis of the liver 11 years ago. 2393880
Insight UK’s soaring liver cancer death rate blamed on alcohol and obesity Posted onJuly 9, 2023 Charity calls on government to do more to restrict unhealthy lifestyle choices One of the country’s leading health charities is calling for urgent action to … 667947
Insight Liver dialysis device safe and effective for treating liver failure – study Posted onMay 31, 2023 If a larger clinical trial is successful, the DIALIVE device could be approved for clinical use within the next three years, researchers suggest. 5222491
Insight On this day in 2012 – Barcelona announce Eric Abidal to have liver transplant Posted onMarch 15, 2023 Abidal had previously had surgery after being diagnosed with a tumour. 4602840
Insight Bride’s dream wedding saved by robotic surgery to remove liver tumour Posted onFebruary 4, 2023 Beyza Ucar had suffered nausea, sickness and reflux after eating meals but did not know she had a tumour. 3129451
Insight Test could transform liver transplants by predicting complications – scientists Posted onAugust 10, 2022 A prototype electrochemical biosensor is being developed by University of Edinburgh-based scientists SensiBile and tech firm Integrated Graphene. 3432860
Insight Liver disease may be linked to a higher risk of dementia, study suggests Posted onJuly 13, 2022 People who also have heart disease, or who have had a stroke, might have an even higher risk of dementia, researchers said. 1532725
Insight Pair of ‘liver eating’ killer whales scare off great white shark population in South Africa Posted onJune 29, 2022 Attacks by two individual whales mean ‘large numbers’ of sharks have been driven off historic territories 95631103
Insight Kieron Dyer vows to make most of his second chance as he awaits liver transplant Posted onJune 18, 2022 The 43-year-old was diagnosed with a liver condition in 2002. 5774423
Insight Damaged human liver treated and transplanted into patient for the first time Posted onMay 31, 2022 The damaged organ was treated on a special machine which provided a continuous blood substitute 2957773
Insight Three Indonesian children die from mysterious liver disease, taking global toll from acute hepatitis to four Posted onMay 4, 2022 The cause of acute hepatitis ‘remains unknown,’ says WHO 1764707
Insight New liver cancer treatment ‘effective in 90% of patients’ Posted onApril 3, 2022 Chemosaturation allows doctors to administer much larger doses of drug and it does not enter the bloodstream. 9377963
Insight Woman’s story goes viral after baby found growing inside her liver Posted onDecember 20, 2021 ‘This is a first for me,’ the doctor on the case says 9705687