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Physical Activity is Beneficial for Gallbladder Disease

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Physical activity brings several beneficial effects on cardiovascular disease and in various metabolic disorders. The gallbladder is the dynamic reservoir of concentrated bile containing cholesterol, bile acids, and phospholipids as micelles and vesicles. Such lipid carriers depend on hepatic synthesis and play a key role in digestion and absorption of intestinal nutrients and cholesterol, in …

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Anti-Inflammatory Activity of Fruit Such as Berries on the Body

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Many people are becoming more interested in their health. Every day, to increase their resistance against many diseases (including hypertension, diabetes, and obesity) and to keep healthy, people eat nutrients in the form of vegetables and fruits. Therefore, research into extracts from many kinds of vegetables and fruits is in progress, and the anti-inflammatory, anti-aging, …

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HydatidCyst of the Liver Ruptured into the Thorax in a Child

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Hydatid disease (HD) is an important medical, social, and economic problem in many Mediterranean and Middle East countries [1]. Hydatid disease affects most commonly the liver and lungs [2]. One of the serious complications of liver hydatid cysts is cyst rupture. The rupture can occur after a trauma, or spontaneously because of increased intracystic pressure[3]

Dietary Fenugreek Attenuates Dextran Sodium Sulfate-Induced Ulcerative Colitis: Role of Inflammation

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Ulcerative colitis, a chronic relapsing form of inflammatory bowel disease, is often neglected at initial stages due to its difficulty in detection leading to delayed clinical evaluation and treatment. Fenugreek, an annual plant and spice, is known to possess anti-inflammatory property. We examined the effect of dietary fenugreek on inflammatory cells related cyto-kine-mediated inflammation in …

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Five Decades of Research in Chronic Hepatitis B Infection-Have We Reached the Endpoint?

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Being a practicing hepatologist in Asia for almost thirty years, my most distressing clinical experience is the need to confront patients with chronic hepatitis B (CHB) infection, being undiagnosed and presented with advanced/late hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Many of these patients subsequently died at their middle-age

Medical Management of Hepatic Vena Cava Syndrome (Based on New Concept of its Pathogenesis)

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Hepatic Vena Cava Syndrome (HVCS) is a chronic obliterative disease of Inferior Vena Cava (IVC) at the site of hepatic vein opening characterized by long asymptomatic period, recurrent Acute Exacerbations (AE) and high incidence of hypersplenism, ascites, Liver Cirrhosis (LC) and Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC)

Management of Primary Hepatic Carcinoma by Traditional Chinese Medicine

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Primary hepatic carcinoma is one of the types with high incidence of cancer. It has the characteristics of hidden disease, long incubation period, rapid development and easy metastasis, and the prognosis is poor, which seriously affects the quality of life of patients. Although much progress has been made in its research, the complex mechanisms of …

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