Five-month-old boy dies days after hopes of a life-saving liver transplant fell through

A five-month-old baby boy has died after his parents put out a plea for a life-saving partial liver transplant from a living donor. Marcus Albers was born in October 2018 with an extremely rare genetic disease that changes the way cells in the body communicate and attacks the liver, reported the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Doctors … Read more

CHRISTOPHER STEVENS: Look who’s lording it with the aristos… Liver Bird Beryl’s lad 

Belgravia Rating: Celebrity Murder Mystery Rating: How outdated it all seems, the emphasis on good breeding and the reverence shown to sons and nephews of earls in the Victorian London of Belgravia (ITV).  It wouldn’t happen now, eh? But the aristocracy of tellyland is just as convoluted and interwoven as the family trees in Burke’s … Read more

Taking half an aspirin pill every day can cut the risk of liver cancer by nearly half

Taking half an aspirin pill every day can cut the risk of liver cancer by nearly a half, scientists claim Taking half an aspirin pill a day slashes the risk of liver cancer, research suggests  People who take a regular low dose are 43% less likely to develop disease  Findings based on an analysis of more … Read more

British boy, nine, beats cancer after surgeons remove his liver to cut out cells then reinsert it

British boy, nine, beats ultra-rare cancer after surgeons remove his liver to cut out killer cells then reinsert it – making him one of only a six to survive aggressive form of disease in world Saul Hayden, aged nine, has beaten one of the most aggressive forms of cancer The tumour had spread to his … Read more