The liver disease listing at 5.00 requires documentation from a variety of lab test results. On its website, Social Security has a hidden link to a chronic liver disease calculator that can be of assistance to you and your physician in determining whether your liver disease approaches listing level. In addition, there is another online [...]
Filed under Functional limitations, Liver Disease - research, The Importance of Medical Records by on Jun 21st, 2010. Comment. 
Often, many diseases have symptoms that at first glance do not seem related to the underlying condition. It is amazing, however, how some chronic conditions can be responsible for detrimental health problems that do not directly relate to the organ or bodily functions not working properly. One such case is with liver disease or cirrhosis [...]
Filed under Functional limitations, Liver Disease - research by on May 26th, 2010. Comment.
A lot of times when we discuss liver disease, we combine all of the variations into one category. Liver disease is a chronic condition with limited treatment options and absolutely no cure. Although the disease itself damages the liver in its own way, the various conditions leading to the development of the severe illness are [...]
Filed under Liver Disease - medical developments, Liver Disease - research by on May 25th, 2010. Comment.
Forget the old adage, “An Apple a Day Keeps the Doctor Away.” According to new research, it may be something far more delicious and luxurious that keeps the doctor away for those suffering with liver disease or damage. The study found that dark chocolate can help to lower blood pressure in the liver, according to [...]
Filed under Health Tips, Liver Disease - research by on Apr 22nd, 2010. Comment.
You cannot turn on the television, read a paper, or listen to the radio without hearing about the perils of high fructose corn syrup. Its unhealthy effects have been addressed by numerous doctors, nutritionists, authors, journalists, etc. It has gotten so serious that even the corn refining industry, which has a rather large stake in [...]
Filed under Liver Disease - research by on Mar 31st, 2010. Comment.
It is always great when a natural remedy is presented to combat the effects of a chronic disease. It is even better when that remedy is tasty, readily available, and quite inexpensive. A new study out of Finland, published in the European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, has found that a diet rich in berries may [...]
Filed under Health Tips, Liver Disease - research by on Mar 19th, 2010. Comment.
It is well known that there is no cure for liver disease. Additionally, even the most drastic treatment option, a liver transplant, may not eradicate all of the effects of the disease. The only options that most people have are to try to prevent the disease from initially developing or try to manage its symptoms [...]
Filed under Health Tips, Liver Disease - research by on Mar 12th, 2010. Comment.
Most of the chronic conditions that people have to manage on a daily basis, such as liver disease, have no cure, except an entire transplant of a particular organ – like the liver. There are many treatment options available to manage the disease, but nothing that will counter all of the symptoms, restoring a person [...]
Filed under Liver Disease - research by on Mar 5th, 2010. Comment.
A startling new report, published in the New England Journal of Medicine and reviewed by USA Today, indicates that obese children are more likely to experience premature death than their healthy counterparts. Additionally, fatty liver disease was one of the primary causes of early death in these children. For a number of years now we [...]
Filed under Health Tips, Liver Disease - research by on Feb 12th, 2010. Comment.
Adding insult to injury, the Food and Drug Administration recently stated that one of the oldest drugs used to treat the AIDS virus has been found to produce rare cases of a potentially fatal liver disease. The drug, Didanosine, was approved in 1991 as the second drug approved for the treatment of HIV infections. The [...]
Filed under Liver Disease - research by on Feb 6th, 2010. Comment.