Liver Failure

After a monthlong hiatus, "House" returned with a bang last night. The episode, titled "Private Lives," guest-starred longtime television favorite Laura Prepon as Frankie, a blogger who obsessively reports the minutiae of her life to her online followers....

Hepatitis B and C remain serious threats to public health, but many healthcare providers fail to screen at-risk patients and don’t know how to treat those infected with the viral diseases that can cause liver failure and cancer, according to......

Actress, author and canine expert Timilee Romolini shared with us the top Halloween dangers for pets. She gave us tips and brought some dogs available for adoption. South L.A. Animal Shelter Dogs featured on the Morning Show: "Clementine" - ID#A1071680...

Mike Peters, the wise-cracking fireman who, over four terms as mayor, helped lift Hartford from a political, financial and crime-ridden funk, died just before 8 p.m. Sunday following a struggle with liver failure, family members said. He was 60. Peters...

St. Vincent Medical Center, one of the largest organ transplantation centers in the state, has suspended its liver program after discovering that its doctors improperly arranged for a transplant to a Saudi national using an organ that should have gone...

For most of its history, the United States Food and Drug Administration approved new prescription medicines at a grudging pace, paying daily homage to the physician's creed, "First, do no harm." Then in the early 1990s, the demand for AIDS drugs...

Soon after Warner-Lambert Co. submitted the diabetes drug Rezulin for FDA review in the summer of 1996, the medical officer assigned to examine it began finding problems. Dr. John L. Gueriguian cited Rezulin's potential to harm the liver and the heart. He...

When a hospital psychiatrist prescribed an antidepressant called Serzone for their 15-year-old daughter, Jimmie and Brenda Robinson assumed it was safe. The episode in February 1997 haunts them--Alissa Robinson nearly died while taking Serzone. After...