JAUNDICE is a yellow discoloration of the skin and the whites of the eyes resulting from abnormal accumulation of blood products (bilirubin) in the tissues. The human body is constantly making new red ...

Post-hepatic jaundice or obstructive jaundice – Here, bile (and therefore the bilirubin contained inside it) is obstructed and prevented from draining into the digestive system from the gallbladder.

When red blood cells die, they leave behind bilirubin, a yellow-orange pigment in the blood. The liver filters bilirubin from the bloodstream to be removed in your stool. If too much is in your system ...

Nagoya University researchers and their collaborators have found that minimally invasive laparoscopic surgery significantly ...

TRIACETYLOLEANDOMYCIN (TriA), a drug that has been introduced for the treatment of infection caused by staphylococcic and other gram-positive organisms, has been widely used, minimal toxicity being ...

Your skin can reveal secrets about your liver's health. Subtle changes like yellowing, persistent itching without a rash, or ...

THE occurrence of jaundice during methyl-testosterone therapy was recently reported by Kinsell 1 and Werner, Hanger and Kritzler. 2 In view of the apparent rarity of this toxic effect of a commonly ...

Imatinib is the only effective and approved systemic therapy for the treatment of patients with advanced gastrointestinal stromal tumours (GISTs). Although metastases from GISTs most commonly involve ...

This retrospective study comprehensively examined hepatic and gastrointestinal complications post-bone marrow transplant (BMT) in a heterogeneous group of 132 pediatric patients that underwent 142 ...