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...half a century, doctors have been treating cystic fibrosis symptom by symptom, doing their best to stem the rising tide of mucus triggered by the disease. As this abnormally thick fluid builds up in the lungs, pancreas, liver and other organs, it not only serves as fertile ground for damaging infections but also blocks the passage of vital digestive enzymes to the intestine and stops up sperm in the testes. As a result, patients have difficulty breathing, digesting food and even reproducing. "This is a disease that simply wears you down," says Ramsey...
Consumption of a poison produced by a South African fungus may cause high rates of liver cancer found in many areas of the world, says a Harvard Medical School hepatologist...
Strong evidence for aflatoxin's role in liver cancer appeared when researchers found that in four out of five DNA sequences examined, one amino acid, guanine, was converted to anther, thymine. The poison had previously been demonstrated to cause guanine to mutate to thymine in the liver. Hepatitis B, which is another cause of liver cancer, does not cause this same mutation...
...tissue. In some cases, especially in poorer-quality implants manufactured between 1975 and 1985, the sacs rupture, spilling their contents into the body. The immune system's attempt to wall off this foreign chemical can cause inflammation and severe chest pain. Worse, the silicone can migrate to the lungs, liver and lymph nodes...
...said was true; veggies really are good for you. One study showed that eating garlic may help lower blood pressure. Other medical surveys suggested a relationship between specific foods and a reduced risk of certain diseases: broccoli and breast tumors, for example, or grapefruit and clogged arteries, soybeans and liver cancer...