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Radical Surgery Saves Life of Young Mom, California First
Liver Removed, Reconstructed, Re-ImplantedA team led by Alan Hemming, MD, transplant surgeon at UC San Diego Health System, has successfully performed the west coast’s first ex-vivo liver resection, a radical procedure to completely remove and reconstruct a diseased liver and re-implant it without any tumors. The procedure saved the life of a 27-year old mother whose liver had been invaded by a painful tumor that crushed the organ and entangled its blood supply.
“During a 9-hour surgery the team was able to remove the basketball-sized tumor,” said Hemming, professor and surgical director of the Center for Hepatobiliary Disease and Abdominal Transplantation (CHAT) at UC San Diego Health System. “This is a surgery that carries a 15 to 20 percent risk of mortality. In this case, the patient would not have survived if she did not have surgery. This was the only way we could save her liver and her life.”
(via mediclopedia)
“That arsenic you’re eating in your Clif Bar today? Don’t worry, it’s natural.” -Craig Medred
Researchers at Dartmouth University have found arsenic in baby formulas, Clif Bars, and other products using organic brown rice syrup as a sweetener. Arsenic is fatal when ingested, and in small amounts can increase the chances of lung, liver and bladder cancer.
There are currently no regulations on arsenic in food in the US, but this study will hopefully shed some light to the FDA.
Although consuming arsenic may not be harmful in small amounts, it is shown that small amounts in a long period of time may be problematic.
Next time you look at your food labels, forget looking for “arsenic,” but instead look for “organic brown rice syrup.”
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