Word: liverance
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...assume that "natural" means safe, unless you want to risk ending up like Socrates, who committed suicide by drinking hemlock. More recently, folks have suffered liver damage from sipping teas brewed from comfrey, an herb that is used in poultices and ointments to treat sprains and bruises and should never be taken internally. Special note to pregnant women and nursing mothers: you should avoid a number of herbs, including Echinacea, senna, comfrey and licorice...
...herbal preparations lull you into ignoring serious problems. "A lot of my patients with hepatitis C take milk thistle," says Dr. Melissa Palmer, a liver specialist in Plainview, N.Y. "It seems to normalize their liver-function tests, but it doesn't affect the underlying disease...
...list goes on to include virtually any disorder that involves the loss of normal cells: stroke, muscular dystrophy, spinal-cord injury, kidney or liver disease, blindness caused by degeneration of the retina. Stem cells could also provide drug companies with a limitless supply of normal human tissues to use in testing the toxicity of new drugs. "This is a fairly unique resource," says Johns Hopkins team leader John Gearhart, in a masterpiece of understatement...
...only because she thought she had to maintain her outer strength. Faiman's facade never cracked; her performance was seamless. She soliloquizes about smoking cigarettes--"like taking a drag off of death"--in the same breath that she makes banal and sarcastic remarks about the importance of one's liver. Faiman balances Meg's brilliantly contradictory nature, making her powerful and brash, loveable, intimate and understanding--a perfect foil to Kate Taylor's '01 portrayal of Babe Botrelle...
Creatine monohydrate is an amino acid manufactured in the liver and stored in the muscles. Found in milk, steak and some fish, creatine is a protein supplement that speeds up the energy synthesis process, allowing athletes to recover from workouts faster. This enables them to lift heavier weights more frequently and for longer periods of time...