Alcoholic Liver Dise…
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Alcoholic liver disease is damage to the liver and its function due to alcohol abuse.
See also:
Ascites
Cirrhosis
Alcoholism
Bleeding varices
Hepatic encelphalopathy
Reference from A.D.A.M.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
Liver disease due to alcohol; Cirrhosis or hepatitis …
Needing But Not Rece…
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BufferPast Year Perceived Need for and Effort Made to Receive Specialty Treatment among Persons Aged 12 or Older Needing But Not Receiving Treatment for Illicit Drug or Alcohol Use: 2009
The number and the percentage of youths aged 12 to 17 who needed treatment for an illicit drug or…
Your Brain is Beauti…
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BufferPosted By Barry Ritholtz
In Science,Weekend |
From the NYT, these electron microscopy photos are strangely beautiful:
The last few decades have produced an explosion of new techniques for probing the blobby, unprepossessing brain in search of the thinking, feeling, suffering,…
Eating Disorders and…
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BufferMANOREXIA. Orthorexia. Diabulimia. Binge Eating Disorder.
By SARAH KERSHAW
All are dangerous variations on the eating disorders anorexia and bulimia, and have become buzzwords that are popping up on Web sites and blogs, on television and in newspaper articles. As celebrity magazines…
A new study in fruit…
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A new study in fruit flies offers a broad view of the potent and sometimes devastating molecular events that occur throughout the body as a result of methamphetamine exposure.
The study, described in the journal PLoS ONE, tracks changes in the expression of genes and proteins in fruit…