Small change can make big difference for Danville boy (The Champaign News-Gazette)

TILTON This week, Southwest Elementary School students have been raiding their piggy banks, looking under couch cushions and digging through kitchen drawers for loose change. It's all part of a "Coins for a Cure" drive to help 10-year-old Christopher Adkins, a fourth-grader who has mitochondrial disease.

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What's the main risk factor of gallstone disease? (EurekAlert!)

( World Journal of Gastroenterology ) Gallstone disease is very common and costly. Preventive strategies are based on the knowledge of GD risk factors. This study reports the results of a multicenter project aimed at evaluating GD incidence and risk factors. 9611 subjects (5477 males, 4134 females, aged: 30-79 years) were evaluated; 4.4 percent had gallstones, 0.6 percent had been ...

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ABOVE: (The Gallup Independent)

With a distant look in his eyes, Martin Morales is confined to a chair in his home, unable to function normally because of his Hepatitis C. If Morales does not receive a liver soon, he will die.

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'Healthy Fat' Chemical Aids Body's Metabolism (HealthCentral.com)

Copyright 2008 ScoutNews LLC. All rights reserved. FRIDAY, Sept. 19 (HealthDay News) -- Scientists believe they have discovered a new class of hormones in mice, one of which may help stop or reverse obesity-related conditions such as insulin resistance and fatty liver, a new study says.

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'Healthy Fat' Chemical Aids Body's Metabolism (Washington Post)

FRIDAY, Sept. 19 (HealthDay News) -- Scientists believe they have discovered a new class of hormones in mice, one of which may help stop or reverse obesity-related conditions such as insulin resistance and fatty liver, a new study says.

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Exercise helps diabetes control (TVNZ)

Regular moderate exercise helps people with diabetes to reduce fat in their livers, in turn potentially preventing liver failure and heart disease, US researchers said.

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Taryn Lynott participates in Liver Life Walk (Holbrook Sun)

In her young life, Taryn Lynott, 22, has already lost to illnesses of the liver two women who were close to her.

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