Vinyl chloride dilutes fairly quickly in outside air and water. One concern for lingering exposure from the derailment involves private wells.
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Brief exposure to a family of chemicals used as flame retardants early in life can permanently alter fat levels in the blood and liver, raising the risk of liver cancer and heart disease.
A new analysis shows that the US health care system will save money in the long run by screening people born in Asia and Africa for the hepatitis B virus, which causes liver cancer and cirrhosis.
To prevent the epidemic of liver cancer that looms on the horizon, we need to tackle hepatitis B, hepatitis C and obesity.
New Scottish alcoholic liver disease figures show how far country’s problem is from being under control.
The liver is a special organ. Mature liver cells - or hepatocytes - have the capacity to continually divide and repair damage. But only so far. Excessive drinking and chronic liver disease, for example…
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Reader in Medical Statistics, University of Glasgow
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Director, Laboratory for Multiscale Regenerative Technologies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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Senior Lecturer in Hepatology and Clinical Director of the Birmingham University Stem Cell Centre, University of Birmingham
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Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer, University of Glasgow
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Affiliate Scientist, Toronto General Hospital Research Institute (TGHRI) and Emeritus Professor, University of Toronto
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Associate Professor of Health Management and Policy , University of Michigan
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Assistant Professor of Medicine and Environmental Health, Member of Pittburgh Liver Research Center, University of Pittsburgh
