Portal hypertension is an abnormal increase in blood pressure defined clinically as hepatic venous pressure gradient 5 mmHg in the hepatic portal vein system. Causes of portal hypertension ...

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People receiving inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation services at Mayo Clinic have access to a variety of advanced assistive technology options. The Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Model System ...

The antiphospholipid syndrome associated with hepatic vein thrombosis has usually been of the primary type; that is, the American Rheumatism Association criteria for the diagnosis of systemic ...

The liver communicates with the brain to regulate eating patterns, potentially helping those with disrupted schedules to ...

The Whip-Poor-Will’s shrill, death-proclaiming song populates the works of Stephen King and H.P. Lovecraft. But the bird itself has fallen on hard times. Could it become a ghost of Halloweens past?

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as motor neuron disease or Lou Gehrig’s disease, leads to progressive loss of motor neurons, which are the cells in charge of muscle control. Atypical ...

Researchers have recently confirmed the existence of a glymphatic system in the human brain, similar to what has been observed in mice, using MRI scans to track dye in the cerebrospinal fluid of brain ...

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The strategy, which they demonstrated in cells in the lab, forces brain cancer cells to display targets for the immune system to ... Researchers Home in on Tumor Vulnerabilities to Improve Odds of ...

Nov. 13, 2024 — The Huntington's disease (HD) mutation eventually causes a fatal brain disease in adulthood, but a new study finds that early in life, children with the HD mutation have bigger ...