Physiologically, blood and bile intimately tie liver and heart health together: · Blood – The liver receives 25 percent of the blood pumped by the heart and filters over two quarts of blood a minute. To ensure optimal circulation and filtration, the heart pumps blood while the liver cleans it. · Bile – To dissolveContinue reading “Link between liver disease and heart problems”
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Pain killers damage to the liver and the heart
What Parts of the Body May Be Severely Damaged by Painkiller Abuse? Lungs: Because opiates and similar drugs suppress the body’s ability to breathe, they interfere with the normal function of the lungs. Thus medical research has found that opiate abuse is associated with a greater risk of pneumonia. The inhalation of painkillers, as whenContinue reading “Pain killers damage to the liver and the heart”
Sugar , transfat and poor lifestyle – causes of American death in last 35 years
Smoking , alcohol, meds/drugs and poor lifestyle (absence of exercise, clean water, air and whole foods) contributed to poor health in the southern part of the United States. https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/mortality-rates-united-states/cardiovascular/#2014
Mitochondrial function between the heart and skeletal muscles and biomarkers of Heart Failure
Heart failure (HF) is a chronic and devastating illness becoming an increasingly important burden on the health care system. Reduced exercise tolerance is an independent predictor of hospital readmission and mortality in patients with HF [1], and is thought to be a therapeutic target [2]. Although central factors such as ejection fraction (EF) or cardiacContinue reading “Mitochondrial function between the heart and skeletal muscles and biomarkers of Heart Failure”
Pulmonary hypertension is higher among women over 85 yrs old
There is an increase in mortality (2001-2010) associated with PH among men, women, and all race and ethnic groups, and from several conditions commonly associated with PH (hypertension and coronary heart disease, aortic stenosis, liver disease and cirrhosis, and autoimmune disease) but also from renal disease and diabetes, while finding that PH-associated mortality decreased overContinue reading “Pulmonary hypertension is higher among women over 85 yrs old”
Anti-inflammatory herbs: panax notoginseng and others
PnS has an obvious anti-inflammatory effect and its mechanisms are related to the inhibition of the Neu-[Ca2+]i level and PLA2 activity, and reduction of Din content. Herbal medicines have traditionally played a major role in the management of diabetes in Asian countries for centuries. Panax notoginseng (Burk) F. H. Chen (Araliaceae) known as Tiánqī orContinue reading “Anti-inflammatory herbs: panax notoginseng and others”
Is low blood sugar genetic?
20:80 is my guess. Our genes affect us 20% of the time while our environment and lifestyle affects us 80% of the time (epigenetics). Each person metabolize glucose or drugs or food in the liver differently. Pharmacogenetic tests classified these into 4 groups of people. We have to choose good carbohydrates from whole foods (coloredContinue reading “Is low blood sugar genetic?”
Clinical Trends in 2016
Support your liver with Milk Thistle
European Milk Thistle 60 vegetarian capsules Item Catalog Number: The liver is a large glandular organ, whose functions include decomposition of red blood cells, plasma protein synthesis, hormone production, secretion of bile, and conversion of sugars into glycogen, which it stores. The liver is also responsible for processing many vitamins and nutrients into a formContinue reading “Support your liver with Milk Thistle”
Alcohol, virus, sugar and fats lead to fatty liver
Fatty liver phenotypes can help assess cardiometabolic risk in prediabetic patients Insulin secretion failure, visceral obesity and fatty liver are three at risk phenotypes in people with diabetes. Fatty change represents the intracytoplasmatic accumulation of triglycerides (neutral fats). At the beginning, the hepatocytes present small fat vacuoles (liposomes) around the nucleus (microvesicular fatty change). InContinue reading “Alcohol, virus, sugar and fats lead to fatty liver”
Pharmacogenetics
Pharmacogenetics is the study of inherited genetic differences in drug metabolic pathways which can affect individual responses to drugs, both in terms of therapeutic effect as well as adverse effects.[1] The term pharmacogenetics is often used interchangeably with the term pharmacogenomics which also investigates the role of acquired and inherited genetic differences in relation toContinue reading “Pharmacogenetics”
Link Between Brain Inflammation and Gut Bacteria in Chronic Liver Disease
Summary: Researchers discover a link between gut bacteria and brain inflammation in patients with cirrhosis. Source: Vigrinia Commonwealth University. Jasmohan Bajaj, M.D., associate professor at Virginia Commonwealth University, had findings from his research on gut bacteria in cirrhosis published recently in the journals Hepatology and Scientific Reports. The findings conclude that gut bacteria, found inContinue reading “Link Between Brain Inflammation and Gut Bacteria in Chronic Liver Disease”
Bi-directional link between fatty liver disease and cardiovascular disease
For the first time, researchers have shown that a bi-directional relationship exists between fatty liver disease and cardiovascular disease. Fatty liver disease can lead to increased cardiovascular disease risk and vice versa. The findings, which appear online in the Journal of Hepatology, are important in understanding the link between fatty liver disease and cardiovascular disease,Continue reading “Bi-directional link between fatty liver disease and cardiovascular disease”
Regeneration of our cells, brain metabolism and exercise
This is my third week at cross fit exercise training. I wanted to know how my body can regenerate. The human body is an incredible machine. Part of what makes it so impressive (apart from the concept of conciousness and self awareness) is its ability to regenerate itself. Your outer layer of skin, the epidermisContinue reading “Regeneration of our cells, brain metabolism and exercise”