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Jamu can be found throughout Indonesia; however, it is most prevalent in Java, where Mbok Jamu, the traditional kain kebaya-wearing young to middle-aged Javanese woman carrying bamboo basket, filled with bottles of jamu on her back, travelling villages and towns alleys, offering her fares of traditional herbal medicine, can be found. In many ...
Clonorchis sinensis, the Chinese liver fluke, is a liver fluke belonging to the class Trematoda, phylum Platyhelminthes. It infects fish-eating mammals, including humans. In humans, it infects the common bile duct and gall bladder, feeding on bile. It was discovered by British physician James McConnell at the Medical College Hospital in ...
Rarely, people with the hepatitis A virus can rapidly develop liver failure, termed fulminant hepatic failure, especially the elderly and those who had a pre-existing liver disease, especially hepatitis C. [17] [80] Mortality risk factors include greater age and chronic hepatitis C. [17] In these cases, more aggressive supportive therapy and ...
A Durham, North Carolina, man has turned his life around after receiving grave medical news.. Derek Barnett, 55, was diagnosed with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease 10 years ago, according to a ...
The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew more conservatively estimated in 2016 that 17,810 plant species have a medicinal use, out of some 30,000 plants for which a use of any kind is documented. [49] In modern medicine, around a quarter [a] of the drugs prescribed to patients are derived from medicinal plants, and they are rigorously tested.
Two men faced arraignment Monday in Boston, accused of conducting a "hazardous drone operation" too close to Logan International Airport as concerns over airspace safety and national security ...
Hannah Kobayashi, a Hawaii woman who was reported missing in Los Angeles but then surfaced in Mexico, has said she was "unaware" of the extensive media coverage surrounding her disappearance.
Ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA), also known as ursodiol, is a secondary bile acid, produced in humans and most other species from metabolism by intestinal bacteria.It is synthesized in the liver in some species, and was first identified in bile of bears of genus Ursus, from which its name derived. [8]