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Aspirin a day may keep liver cancer away

22 Oct 2017 9:11 AM GMT

The acids can be found in some traditional Chinese medicines that are given during childbirth, to prevent parasites and promote healing.

Chinese herbal medicines may cause liver cancer, says study

Findings suggest measures needed to prevent people from consuming aristolochic acids (AA), derived from woody vines of...

19 Oct 2017 2:42 AM GMT

Adding refined fibre to processed food could have negative health...

New research highlights that fortifying processed foods with fibre may not be safe for some.

23 Oct 2018 8:40 AM GMT

For tumours to grow and spread, cancer cells must make larger than normal amounts of nucleic acids and protein, so they can multiply. (Photo: Pixabay)

Doctors create way to kill liver cancer cells

According to researchers at the University of Delaware, this research could accelerate the development of new treatments...

8 Feb 2018 2:47 AM GMT

Radiation segmentectomy (RS) is a minimally invasive option that uses the radioisotope yttrium-90 (Y90) to destroy tumours. (Photo: Pixabay)

New radiotherapy may help treat liver cancer: study

Radiation segmentectomy (RS) is a minimally invasive option that uses the radioisotope yttrium-90 (Y90) to destroy...

24 April 2018 1:18 PM GMT

Cooking meat at high temperatures for longer periods of time until its well done was also associated with a higher risk of liver disease. (Photo: Pixabay)

'Well done' red meat linked to liver disease, diabetes risk factor

People who ate more processed and red meat were 47 per cent more likely to have liver disease.

13 April 2018 3:11 AM GMT

. Whilst no significant associations were observed on the risk of the majority gastrointestinal cancers and poor oral health, a substantial link was found for hepatobiliary cancer. (Photo: Representational/Pixabay)

Poor oral hygiene can cause liver cancer

Poor oral hygiene associated with risk of several chronic diseases.

19 Jun 2019 4:03 AM GMT

Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease affects around one in 10 children and is the most common paediatric liver disorder. (Photo: Representational/Pixabay)

Detect paediatric liver disease through blood test

New blood test on horizon for paediatric liver disease.

10 Jun 2019 9:33 AM GMT

A biopsy is invasive, resource intensive, costly, prone to sampling error and carries a small risk of significant complications. (Photo: Representational/Pexels)

Paediatric liver disease to be detected from blood test

New blood test on horizon for paediatric liver disease.

8 Jun 2019 1:38 PM GMT

Numerous cancers are preventable, but strategies to prevent them are either not accessible or not being adopted, leaving people at risk.

Link between bodyweight and cancer discovered in new study

Study highlighted relationship between obesity and risk of 13 types of cancers, including postmenopausal breast cancer...

18 Dec 2018 4:10 AM GMT

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Liver cancer: New method identifies splicing biomarkers

RNA message copied from information encoded in a gene is edited before it serves as blueprint to manufacture a specific...

4 March 2018 3:50 AM GMT

Liver tumours develop from mutated cells that grow and proliferate uncontrollably. (Photo: Pixabay)

New anti-cancer protein discovered

The incidence of liver cancer, also known as hepatocellular carcinoma, is steadily increasing, researchers said.

22 March 2018 7:46 AM GMT