Liver
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Canadian parents advocate for organ donation as baby daughter with rare liver disease awaits transplant
To help the family, Megan Crawley's aunt started a fundraiser that's since seen more than 250 donations.
8 min read - HealthYahoo Canada Style
Former Smash Mouth frontman Steve Harwell dies of liver failure — what Canadians need to know
Liver disease is on the rise in North America, and is a growing cause of death in Canadians.
5 min read - HealthYahoo Canada Style
Alcohol and cancer risk: 5 types of cancer linked to alcohol consumption
Alcohol is considered a group one carcinogen and a significant contributor to the development of cancer.
5 min read - NewsAlice Sholl
Cheese lovers, rejoice: High-fat cheese may be good for you
Scientists in the US studied how a diet including high-fat cheese affects our cholesterol, and found that people who consumed it on a daily basis had increased levels of ‘good’ cholesterol, but regular levels of ‘bad’ cholesterol. For 12 weeks, researchers from the University of Copenhagen split 100 people into three groups, monitoring their eating patterns. HDL or ‘good’ cholesterol is considered to be so as it carries cholesterol away from the cells and back to the liver, to be broken down o