Antibiotic cut peritonitis in liver disease patients.
SAN DIEGO -- Antibiotic prophylaxis seems to prevent spontaneous bacterial peritonitis in advanced liver disease and also reduces mortality, especially in the short term, according to a report at the annual Digestive Disease Week. Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) develops in 10%-30% of patients with cirrhosis, and the...

Fatty liver disease may signal high CV risk.
Overweight or obese children who have nonalcoholic fatty liver disease appear to be at high risk of developing cardiovascular disease, according to new research data. This subset of overweight children also appears to have a high incidence of metabolic syndrome and to be at risk for developing...

StemCells Wins NIH Grant to Pursue Cell-Based Therapeutic for Hepatitis C.
HEALTH AND BEAUTY CLOSE-UP-9 October 2008-StemCells Wins NIH Grant to Pursue Cell-Based Therapeutic for Hepatitis C(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com StemCells announced that it has been awarded a $305,000 grant from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases to research and develop a potential...

Lipid serves as healthy hormone: mice benefit from fatty acid.
Some fats are just better than others. Omega-3 fatty acids, including fats that make up fish oil, have been recognized for their health-promoting benefits. Well, move over, omega-3s; now there's a fat that's even phatter. Researchers at Harvard University and Lipomics Technologies in West Sacramento, Calif., have...

Pediatric fatty liver boosts cardiovascular disease risk.
COLORADO SPRINGS -- Pediatricnon-alcoholic fatty liver disease is strongly associated with multiple cardiovascular risk factors, often in excess of clinical thresholds for considering pharmacotherapy, Dr. Stephen Cook said at a conference of the American Heart Association. Moreover, the prevalence of metabolic syndrome in children and adolescents with...

Malnutrition underestimated in liver disease.
MONTREAL -- The extent of malnutrition is frequently underestimated in patients with chronic liver disease who are awaiting transplant, and would be better assessed with indirect calorimetry rather than traditional tools, Lynne MacArthur reported at the Canadian Digestive Diseases Week. Presurgical malnutrition has a negative impact on...

OBITUARIES.
Byline: The Register-Guard John Bobb Sr. A celebration of life will be from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 13, at 3645 Countryside Lane in Eugene for John E. Bobb Sr. of Eugene. He died Aug. 26 of cancer at age 60. ...

OBITUARIES.
Byline: The Register-Guard Orland Axton SPRINGFIELD - The funeral will be held at 2 p.m. today, Sept. 10, at Lane Memorial Gardens & Funeral Home in Eugene for Orland H. Axton of Springfield. He died Sept. 7 of age-related causes at age 87. Visitation will...

Liver disease in obese may be overlooked.
SAN DIEGO -- Obesity-related liver disease may be clinically underrecognized, results from a single-center study showed. "Our results indicate that a normal liver ultrasound, liver function tests, and gross appearance does not exclude the presence of significant liver disease," the researchers, led by Dr. Joshua E. Roller,...

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.
Byline: Dr. Gary S. Sy NON-alcoholic fatty liver disease describes a range of conditions involving the liver that affect people who drink little or no alcohol. The mildest type is simple fatty liver an accumulation of fat within your liver that usually causes no liver...