Word: livered
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...deposits within blood-vessel walls but also cause those plaques to shrink in size. So doctors are asking patients to make simple lifestyle changes, including getting more exercise and eating omega-3 fatty acids, found in certain deepwater fish such as salmon and tuna, because these activities stimulate the liver to churn out more HDL. They also have an added incentive to prescribe the powerful statin drugs that lower LDL because those appear to do double duty, pumping up HDL levels 10% to 15%. And if that isn't enough, they are eyeing the arrival of HDL-boosting pills: Pfizer...
...prevent the headache pain. These drugs can cause some gastrointestinal discomfort, especially for those with sensitive stomachs. Harvey wants to stress that you must never take Tylenol or other acetaminophen while or after drinking, as it can react dangerously with the chemicals in your body and cause permanent liver damage. In the meantime, “hang” in there and get some rest! Best of luck, Harvey “Help Me Harvey” is a health column that will be published biweekly in The Harvard Crimson. Send your questions to harvey@thecrimson.com. All submissions are confidential...
...from 1962 to 1997. Nearly half the subjects were dead by the time the study ended. Of those still alive, many were self-medicating with multiple other illicit drugs or alcohol and 67% smoked cigarettes. Not surprisingly, heroin users suffer from a wide range of medical ills, including hypertension, liver and pulmonary diseases and HIV. But the most common cause of death from heroin is overdose, with 22% of the subjects in the long-term study dying that way. Some of the health problems associated with heroin come from the impurities it is cut with. Overdoses often spring from...
...drug users mature, geriatric biology and life circumstances tend to tighten the drugs' hold. Reduced body mass, slower metabolism and less efficient kidneys and liver mean that the same quantity of drug hits harder and stays in the body longer. Older users who think they're keeping their doses fixed are thus, in effect, steadily increasing them. What's more, the loss of a spouse or job or merely the boredom of retirement could tip the nonuser into experimentation and the borderline user into full-blown addiction. Moses, 57, never touched heroin until 2001, when his wife died. But when...
...must surely be bad for you, and initial studies suggested it might lead to bladder cancer, high blood pressure and other ills. More recent research has not only refuted most of those claims but also come up with some significant benefits. Caffeine appears to have some protective effect against liver damage, Parkinson's disease, diabetes, Alzheimer's, gallstones, depression and maybe even some forms of cancer. The only proven medical downside appears to be a temporary elevation in blood pressure, which is a problem only if you already suffer from hypertension. Some studies have also suggested a higher risk...