Dr. Andrew Zhu Joins Chemokine Therapeutics' Clinical Advisory Board Aug 12, 2008
Dr. Zhu is an assistant professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and is board-certified in internal medicine and medical oncology, and holds clinical research interests in developing novel treatments for gastrointestinal cancers including hepatocellular carcinoma, bile duct tumor and colorectal cancer. Dr. Zhu earned his medical degree from Beijing Medical University in Beijing, China. (CCNMatthews Press Releases)
SOMALIA AT OLYMPICS Aug 10, 2008
Its best performance came in 1996 when its most renowned athlete, Abdi Bile, took sixth place in 1,500 metres at Atlanta. That success triggered a typically Somali type of adulation: fighters in lawless Mogadishu began dubbing their "technicals" -- pickup trucks mounted with heavy weapons -- as "Abdi Biles". (AlertNet)
What's your take on his residency? Aug 10, 2008
I THINK IT S GREAT TO SEE WEXLER PUT ON THE HOT SEAT FOR A CHANGE. HE DISHES OUT HIS VENEMOUS BILE AND BILGE ON A DAILY BASIS. HE IS A LOUD MOUTHED BULLY WHO DOES NOTHING BUT DESTROY PEOPLES REPUTATIONS AND CHARACTER FOR POLITICAL THEATER.. HE IS A MASTERFUL SMEAR MERCHANT OF THE WORST KIND. HOPEFULLY THE GOOD PEOPLE OF SOUTH FLORIDA WILL WAKE UP TO HIS VILE WAYS AND VOTE HIM OUT THIS NOVEMBER.. (The Palm Beach Post)
Meet five people who are alive today thanks to one organ donor Aug 10, 2008
Judah was diagnosed with biliary atresia, a rare gastrointestinal disorder that destroys the bile ducts and causes cirrhosis of the liver at 11 weeks of age. Without the transplant, Judah would have died before he was six months old. (Sydney Morning Herald)
WHAT'S SHE UP TO? Aug 8, 2008
The bile is almost unreadable ... The bile is almost unreadable. (The Drudge Report)
Treating High Cholesterol Aug 7, 2008
This produces more bile. The more bile the liver makes, the more cholesterol it uses, leaving less cholesterol to circulate through the bloodstream. (Fox News)
Protein protects liver against excess bile Aug 5, 2008
Washington: Researchers have discovered a protein that controls genes maintaining proper level of bile in the liver. The protein, called FOXA2, is likely to become the focus for new therapies to treat diseases involving regulation of bile salts ... Bile, made in the liver, is stored in the gall bladder and transported through ducts to the small intestine where it helps to digest fats from food. (Sify.com, India)
Penn researchers find a new role for a 'Foxy Old Gene' Aug 2, 2008
Protein protects liver against accumulation of excess bile; implications for treating liver diseases. Liver cells from mice that do not express FOXA2 (Mutant mice accumulated bile salts and failed to detoxify them properly, which resulted in liver damage ... PHILADELPHIA Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have discovered that a protein called FOXA2 controls genes that maintain the proper level of bile in the liver. (EurekAlert!)
Lodi pastor: Gay marriage didn't cause wildfires Jul 30, 2008
Billy Rubin wrote on Jul 29, 2008 6:44 PM:" ...how many automobiles do we notice on the roads bearing any indication of its heterosexual occupants?" ... " blah blah blah.Just more bile from you.Still with the hatred and sin claiming no hatred, right?You are simply a lying hypocrite, Girard. Lie on. " ... girard74 wrote on Jul 29, 2008 6:09 PM:" Lodian wrote, 'No one has to embrace the gay lifestyle, just leave them alone to live their life.'While this would be nice to believe, it is simply not... (Lodi News Sentinel, CA)
Gallbladder removed without external incisions Jul 29, 2008
The three-hour outpatient procedure was performed to treat painful gallstones, which form when bile in the gallbladder hardens into pieces of stone-like material ... A small and non-essential organ, the gallbladder stores and releases bile as part of the digestive process. (EurekAlert!)
Corinth teen brings home the gold Jul 28, 2008
Sarah's storySarah was just a baby when she was diagnosed with a condition that caused bile to back up in her liver ... She has to take three medicines twice a day to prevent rejection, stimulate bile production and replenish magnesium, which the other medications can strip from her body. (Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal)
New Treatment Combination Safe For Pancreatic Cancer Patients Jul 26, 2008
16, 2008) Researchers have shown that the investigational drug triphendiol causes cell death in pancreatic and bile duct cancer cell lines, slows tumor growth and sensitizes tumors to chemotherapy treatments. (Dec. (Yahoo News -- Cancer)
LETTERS: NCT, July 25, 2008 Jul 26, 2008
Since Chuck hasn't shown up yet, could he be sick having choked on his own bile ... Liberal Jim (8:31 AM) Surmised that Chuck is missing in action on these blogs today asking, "could he be sick having choked on his own bile?". (North County Times)
Transplant families joyfully reunite Jul 26, 2008
One was Fast, who was diagnosed in January 1997 with primary sclerosing cholangitis, an inflammation and scarring of the bile ducts that can cause blockage. His initial symptom was swelling, especially in his lower body. (Fresno Bee -- Local)
George Bush's Unrequited Love Jul 25, 2008
When no other opportunity for tarring President Bush presented itself, his detractors seized upon Hurricane Katrina as the catch basin for all the free-floating bile against the president. Remember the way George W. Bush first campaigned. (Townhall.com)
Minimally Invasive Treatment Improves Male Fertility Jul 23, 2008
2, 2006) Although it had previously been thought that a protein known as GBA2 was important for bile acid metabolism, a new study appearing in the November issue of the Journal of Clinical Investigation shows. (Nov. (Science Daily)
Doctors Say Baby Has Liver of 35-Year-Old Alcoholic Jul 22, 2008
She was diagnosed in April with biliary atresia a blockage of the bile ducts that causes cirrhosis. The condition has caused Hiilei s skin and the whites of her eyes to turn yellow from jaundice. (Fox News)
When Obama Attacks Jul 22, 2008
Despite having countenanced 20 years of anti-American and racist bile from Jeremiah Wright, Obama finally became incensed with his reverend earlier this year. What was the minister's crime. (Townhall.com)
Liberalism and lead Jul 21, 2008
girard74 wrote on Jul 20, 2008 10:13 AM:" You're being silly and arrogant, Leonard. Everything is NOT always about you.My reference here to the 'far-left loons' and those I find trustworthy was directed at Hillary Clinton. I was responding to Bob Hussein Loblaw's comments.As for my feelings, once again you believe yourself to be very important, don't you? I don't know who or what you are; I've never met you and I really don't care to. To suggest that I would permit you to 'hurt' me is... (Lodi News Sentinel, CA)
Produce Dept. Jul 17, 2008
- David Ortiz intended it to be shtick - Big Papi as Mr. Olympia, striking classic bodybuilder poses for a hostile audience in New York that a day later would snarl instead of smile at Jonathan Papelbon on an All-Star red-carpet ride transformed into a gantlet of bile. But while Ortiz was just having some fun, there was a message there that shouldn't be lost on the rest of the American League as play resumes following the All-Star break. (Boston Globe)
Cholesterol kids: Rx or exercise? Jul 17, 2008
Cholesterol is needed to maintain cell membranes and nerve sheaths, form sex hormones and produce bile acids that aid digestion. Excess cholesterol in the blood, however, can build up on artery walls and, over time, cause them to become narrowed, which increases the risk of heart attack and stroke. (Globe and Mail)
McCain and Bush: The Uneasy Alliance Jul 17, 2008
Even though their rapprochement in 2004 drained some of the bile from their relationship, the two men have never been friends. At best, theirs is a partnership sustained by the benefits each has conferred on the other and a grudging admiration each has for the other's toughness. (Time.com)
The Sanitized City Jul 16, 2008
Shadow of the Bear from Canada writes: It is doubtful that bear-bile farming will be shut down for the duration of the Olympics. It has been agreed by both traditional Chinese medicine and western medicine that there are many herbal and synthetic alternatives to bear bile, which are cheaper, safer, more effective, and do not rely on the torture of Moon Bears (7000 of them) ... And real bear bile is often so filled with pus and infection that it is probably not safe for human consumption. (Globe and Mail)
Aurora St. Luke's Named to US News & World Report's Best Hospital ... Jul 15, 2008
This expertise attracts patients from across Wisconsin and northern Illinois, particularly those with pancreatic or bile duct disease, Dr. Schmalz said. One such patient was a woman with a pre-cancerous polyp in a hard-to-reach bile duct. (Wisbusiness.com)
Nurses' Notes - Hepatitis C virus can damage liver and more Jul 14, 2008
The liver stores vitamins, minerals and sugars; produces protein, bile and blood-clotting agents; regulates cholesterol and chemicals in the blood; keeps hormones at correct levels; and acts as a filter to cleanse blood and discharge waste products into bile. Any damage to your liver can cause problems in other parts of your body - this is why HCV is such a serious concern. (Missoulian, MT)
Racist sport fans climb out on a limb Jul 13, 2008
Anyone who hasn't heard obscenities and bile screamed at league matches is in need of a hearing aid ... au/ffximage/2007/12/02/th_paulsheehan_mobile__240x160. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Never-Before-Seen Photos of McCain's 'Hanoi Hilton' Prison Cell.. Jul 13, 2008
" Sure. You try it. You get handed a chance of release knowing that staying would result in more beatings and more torture (real torture - not the "stand for a while in a cold room" variety that passes for torture by the left) but staying because it would be unfair to others if you got to go home out of turn. Your snotty comments only reflect how pathetic you are and how your partisanship blinds you. jim of MN Jul 11, 2008 15:55:17 PM They plug there ears, lies, and mislead about John McCain's... (The Drudge Report)
Football season never ends for players Jul 13, 2008
Also, I ve asked a few times but still no answer, any chance that AJC.com is going to make the UGA page available via blackberry or their mobile site ... I ll check on the mobile availability ... The best thing all of us can do is completely ignore those that are coming forth with nothing but bile and trash talk. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)
Child obesity cholesterol treatment spurs debate Jul 13, 2008
While its bad effect of causing heart disease is well known, cholesterol is an essential building block for cell membranes, bile, hormones and vitamin D. It travels through the body by joining with proteins and other substances to form lipoproteins. Low-density lipoprotein (LDL), or "bad cholesterol," tends to thicken and eventually clog the arteries, increasing the risk of heart attacks and stroke; high-density lipoprotein (HDL) or, "good cholesterol," is associated with a decreased risk of... (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Health)
Hormone Replacement May Raise Women's Gallbladder Risk Jul 13, 2008
The gallbladder stores bile produced in the liver, and less estrogen collected in the bile could explain the reduced risk, the team noted. The findings were published this week in the online edition of the British Medical Journal. (MEDLINEplus)
Digestive Disease Week study examined ACR's guidelines for CT colonography interpretation Jul 13, 2008
Procedural indications were bile duct stones not amenable to removal by conventional methods or missed by ERC. Procedural success was defined as the ability to adequately visualize and initiate stone therapy. Stone location was 56 percent for the common bile duct (CBD), 22 percent for the common hepatic duct (CHD), seven percent for the intrahepatic ducts (IHD), ten percent for the cystic duct, gallbladder was one percent, and the left and right hepatic ducts (LHD and RHD) was four percent. (EurekAlert!)
Richt musttoss the bad apples Jul 8, 2008
Beating students senseless,(Chandler,Lemon) assaulting professors,(Kearney) stealing and wrecking an automobile, drunk driving, leaving the scene of an accident, (Ellerbe) hardly qualify as childhood pranks ... The purported quality of Mr Moore s column aside, I am incredibly amused by the onslaught of comments from Dawgs who seem to have nothing better to do than hit the refresh buttons on their browsers and continually spam this blog with their bile after each and every one of Mr Moore s... (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Early Surgery Best for Gallbladder Inflammation Jul 8, 2008
The gallbladder is a pear-shaped, muscular sac attached to the undersurface of the right lobe of the liver, whose function in the body is to store and concentrate bile and aid in the digestive process. Cholecystitis is often caused by gallstones in the gallbladder and less commonly by trauma. (MEDLINEplus)
Zimbabwe: Mugabe May Not, After All, Be Insane! Jul 5, 2008
This is a no go area and it is tickling the bile of the British. The land issue is very thorny but the former British Prime Minister, Tony Blair, knows the truth. (allAfrica.com)
Japan rails at Australian's tabloid trash Jul 5, 2008
There it triggered an explosion of bile and culminated in a co-ordinated attack on Connell, his family, The Mainichi and its sponsors, some of which have pulled advertising estimated to be worth more than 20 million yen ($195,000) ... au/ffximage/2008/07/04/th_ryannconnell_mobile__240x160. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Making sense of Rush Limbaugh's $400 million deal Jul 4, 2008
It is not that corporations are afraid of advertising on liberal stations, it's just that only a small percentage of the populace wants to listen to the left-wing lunacy, hate, and bile they spew daily, and hence, they are not being put in front of enough listeners. It's the same reason that Fox News is #1. (Entertainment Weekly)
A legend lightens up Jul 2, 2008
"I have a different idea as to why Streep was seduced into playing Donna. It was to prove Pauline Kael wrong. Years ago Kael, the late, massively influential New Yorker film critic, wrote that Streep only acted "from the neck up".Kael's bile hurt Streep. "It killed me," she once said. But at least, I suggest, by taking this role in Mamma Mia! you are, in a very literal, high-kicking way, proving Kael wrong. Few 59-year-old screen actors seem as lively from the neck down as she does as Donna."I'm... (guardian.co.uk)
Gallbladder trouble can be a real pain Jul 2, 2008
It stores liquid bile, which helps the body digest fats ... It's more about the bile ... Bile flows directly from the liver through the bile duct into the small intestine. (OregonLive, OR -- News)
Opera manager Edgar Vincent dead at 90 Jul 1, 2008
He had fallen following surgery to replace a stent in his bile duct, and died during rehabilitation from a blood clot, Farrell said. Vincent was the primary spokesman for Domingo for the past 20 years. (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)
St. Paul Chamber Orchestra president retiring to fight cancer Jul 1, 2008
He was diagnosed with a rare cancer of the bile duct in 2006. He plans to go on medical leave July 1. (Twin Cities Business Journal, MN)
Getting cancer gets local woman involved Jun 28, 2008
Polacek, even as she fought bile duct cancer that later spread to her liver, organized friends and family into a Relay for Life team, the Hawaiian Cowboys, now a separate, nonprofit group. Case joined the Cowboys, and this year she is the chairwoman of the 2008 Relay for Life. (Ellensburg Daily Record, WA)
Gun rights and child rapists Jun 27, 2008
Look at the numbers of blacks (especially micky mouse racist spoils reverends and R Kelly types) and sick yanKKKee ACLU lawyers etc that abuse kids and collect child porn before you puke up your psychotic envious yanKKKee bile REdneKKKs NAMBLA ... Look at the numbers of blacks (especially micky mouse racist spoils reverends and R Kelly types) and sick yanKKKee ACLU lawyers etc that abuse kids and collect child porn before you puke up your psychotic envious yanKKKee bile REdneKKKs NAMBLA. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Site Awards Database Jun 26, 2008
It goes like this: Sell a million records, have a ton of tattoos and make sure everything you spit is "hot bile." Set up on a stage with some cheap Frankenstein effects, it was pure theater, and completely empty, and in that sense was a fitting introduction for the overly hyped rapper. We got a bit of "Got Money," and a bit of "Lollipop" and a bit of "A Milli," all of them showcases for Lil' Wayne's entertainingly offbeat delivery, and none of them saying anything. (Los Angeles Times)
Opt out? Fine. Jun 26, 2008
This time, the Democratic nominee will have the money to respond to right-wing bile. Cal: I suppose a case could be made that Obama's opting out of spending limits is a conservative position. (Yahoo News)
New book explores wild side of Chinese cooking Jun 25, 2008
Cocktails made from the blood and bile of a freshly killed snake. Fuchsia Dunlop has eaten them all, and in her new book, manages to transform the gross into the engrossing. (Helena Independent Record, MT)
George Carlin, provocateur for the ages Jun 25, 2008
By the time my mother and father caught him in Cleveland, Carlin had morphed into the long-haired free spirit with a beard, an earring, too many drugs and a bellyful of bile about America in the Vietnam era. Thirty years later he was still shooting with dead aim. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Readers' Platform: Treatment denied Jun 24, 2008
It spread to the liver and blocked his bile duct. They didn't/couldn't do any surgery on him. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Business)
Eats leaves and shoots ... himself Jun 22, 2008
Predictably my email inbox is filling up with outrage and bile from furious vegans, who do not know I am one of them. Frankly, I am amazed they have the energy to type. (Guardian Unlimited)
Then she takes Berlin Jun 21, 2008
As I complain about the lack of bile or anything ugly so far, Bowditch objects: "For some reason the music that I write and the impression I give are pretty different. If anyone listens to my music in any detail they'll see that." ... au/ffximage/2008/06/20/th_clare_mobile__240x160. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
CINDY UNLEASHED Jun 19, 2008
How do you go to a racist church for 20 years and don't get some of that bile on you. How can you be friends with the fiendish crowd that jumps and screams of joy when hate is preached. (The Drudge Report)
Clear As Mudd Jun 17, 2008
Others grow around the bile duct, which blocks the flow of bile and leads to a yellowing of the skin known as jaundice. By the time a pancreatic cancer causes these signs or symptoms, it has usually reached an advanced stage. (Leitchfield Grayson County, KY)
Liquor + Paxil = Wow! Jun 17, 2008
Do I require bile and unhappiness to write. I could clearly go the rest of my life on this stuff and never feel down again. (Slate)
Why Isn't My Dog Eating? Jun 16, 2008
Failure to eat can also lead to a circular problem, as when the stomach is empty for an extended period of time, the organ s lining can become inflamed and irritated by the bile and excess stomach acids that accumulate. This can lead to nausea, vomiting of a clear yellow liquid and a continued refusal to eat due to an upset stomach. (Suite101.com)
Steve Jobs: Life after the Whipple Jun 15, 2008
The Whipple procedure, named for Allen Oldfather Whipple, the American doctor who perfected it in the 1930s, is a complex, Rube Goldberg-type operation in which surgeons remove the right-most section, or head, of the pancreas - as well as the gallbladder, part of the stomach, the lower half of the bile duct, and part of the small intestine - and then reassemble the whole thing in a new configuration. The severed surfaces of the stomach, bile duct, and remaining pancreas are stitched to the small... (CNNMoney.com)
post a comment » Jun 13, 2008
While I do not agree with the hate mongers who spew out this bile, they have the right to speak it, and I have the right to dismiss them as fools. It is a dangerous slope we are on when something as poorly defined as hate-speech can be used to regulate expression someday mere disent will defined as hate-speech and the engine that drives Western Democracy will break and Liberty will be something that our grandchildren will read about in history books as a value held by only Crazy Americans. (International Herald Tribune)
One big win is all it takes for coaches to go from zero to hero Jun 12, 2008
During bad spells in the qualifying campaign, when the nations newspapers were dripping with bile, he twice presented his letter of resignation but was convinced to stay by the federation. And, on Tuesday, they were proven right. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Sports)
Van Basten, Aragones are living proof that fortunes can change overnight at Euro 2008 Jun 11, 2008
During bad spells in the qualifying campaign, when the nation's newspapers were dripping with bile, he twice presented his letter of resignation but was convinced to stay by the federation. "Some people want to make their mark with me," he said. (International Herald Tribune -- Technology)
How Drug That Blocks Cholesterol Absorption From The Diet Works Jun 10, 2008
Despite its bad reputation as a major risk factor for coronary heart disease, cholesterol is an essential component of most biological membranes and is the precursor for synthesis of steroid hormones and bile acids produced by the liver to break down fat. Almost every kind of mammalian cell can synthesize cholesterol, but the process is an energy-intensive one. (Science Daily)
Clinton will do "whatever she can" to help Obama, aide says Jun 9, 2008
Clinton will do "whatever she can" to help Obama, aide says - The Talk. Clinton will do "whatever she can" to help Obama, aide says. (Washington Post)
After smoking for 28 years, Buxton feels lucky to be living proof of the dangers of cigarettes Jun 8, 2008
He pulled his truck over into a ditch and puked bile. I havent smoked since, he said. (Gillette News-Record, WY)
Signs of Cystic Fibrosis Jun 8, 2008
It is composed of mucus, amniotic fluid, bile, and cells that have been shed from the baby's skin. In newborns with cystic fibrosis, the meconium may become so thick and sticky that it can't pass through the intestines. (Suite101.com)
New Treatment Combination Safe For Pancreatic Cancer Patients Jun 6, 2008
16, 2008) Researchers have shown that the investigational drug triphendiol causes cell death in pancreatic and bile duct cancer cell lines, slows tumor growth and sensitizes tumors to chemotherapy treatments. (Dec. (Science Daily)
Pressure from all sides for gay, lesbian students deciding to come out Jun 1, 2008
KingSalmon wrote on May 31, 2008 10:55 PM:" The archaic, backwards comments of MRS and Proud Conservative have me completely embarrassed to be a conservative, straight Christian male. I'm all for the First Amendment but I have a thing about the creepy crawly divisive exclusive bile that froths out of mouths like their's. ". protohooman wrote on May 31, 2008 10:46 PM:" Pantareader, apples, oranges are still FRUITS. ". (The Pantagraph newspaper)
Sam Newman's a boofhead May 31, 2008
Newman was sent home to "recuperate''. Naturally, the door has been left open for a possible return later in the year. The worst part of his exit is that it was really pressure from the AFL over Newman's criticism of the organisation that saw him off - not his treatment of women. Staging a dignified departure is something that is always afforded to those who least deserve it. I would be delighted if Sam Newman never appeared on television again. He has spent the best part of his life wreaking... (Daily Telegraph)
Analysis The era of the Clintons soon will come to an end May 31, 2008
That menas no specifics just bile. " Byron W. wrote on May 30, 2008 3:53 PM:" wow wrote "Obama isn't without sin and has on several occassions shown his inexperience, but that may not be all bad. That is only true if you are an extreme left winger or have not thought through what this country should be. ". (Jefferson City News Tribune, MO)