| Dear Readers of and
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| | accurately measure portal hypertension,
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| Is There an Alternative to Liver Biopsy?
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| | or high blood pressure in the portal vein
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| Those of you who have followed our timely
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| | that carries blood from the digestive
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| reports on hepatitis c know that we
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| | track to the liver, usually as a result
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| endeavor to bring you updated information
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| | of cirrhosis of the liver. This study
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| about new approaches to the treatment and
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| | involved 35 individuals with varying
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| diagnosis of this dreadful virus. As the
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| | degrees of chronic liver disease and 12
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| baby-boomer generation ages, more and
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| | healthy volunteers. Researchers studied
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| more people are now finding out that they
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| | MRE examinations of liver and spleen
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| have acquired the hepatitis c virus. Many
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| | stiffness and found that a highly
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| do not know when or how they got the
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| | significant correlation exists between
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| virus, but most people still want
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| | liver and spleen stiffness in patients
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| sensible and minimally invasive
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| | with portal hypertension. However, the
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| treatments to help them overcome much of
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| | validity of spleen stiffness as a
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| the damage caused by the hepatitis c
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| | noninvasive measure of portal venous
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| virus.
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| | pressure requires further study.
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| You already know that one of the tests
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| | This research was funded in part by the
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| recommended by hepatologists is the liver
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| | National Institutes of Health. Co-authors
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| biopsy. A liver biopsy is the taking of
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| | of these studies include Meng Yin; Roger
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| a small sample of liver tissue which is
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| | Grimm; Phillip Rossman; Armando Manduca,
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| extracted usually with a needle and
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| | Ph.D.; Patrick Kamath, M.D. and Dr.
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| examined under a microscope. For many
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| | Ehman; all from Mayo Clinic's campus in
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| years, this method has been considered by
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| | Rochester; and Anthony Romano, Ph.D., of
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| hepatologists as the gold standard for
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| | the Naval Research Laboratory in
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| gauging the extent of liver damage in
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| | Washington, D.C.
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| people with chronic hepatitis.
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| | Most of the people who are afraid of the
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| Of course, liver biopsies are not without
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| | liver biopsy are the same people who
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| complications and many people with
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| | shutter at the thought of having to take
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| hepatitis c are reluctant to undergo the
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| | interferon chemotherapy. Many others
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| procedure. There can be pain involved;
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| | have undergone the interferon treatment
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| drug users in particular may legitimately
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| | and have relapsed. Now they are looking
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| fear that they will not get adequate pain
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| | for an alternative way with relatively no
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| medication. In addition, liver biopsies
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| | side-effects, because they swear they
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| are contra-indicated for some people (for
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| | will NEVER undergo interferon treatment
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| example, people with low platelet
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| | again.
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| counts). Furthermore, biopsy
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| | For those who do not already know us by
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| complications can occur, including
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| | name, we are Samglo Enterprises LTD, and
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| excessive bleeding and infection. And
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| | we are the makers of Nu-Liver herbal
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| even under the best of circumstances,
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| | remedy for hepatitis C.
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| biopsies fail to accurately diagnose the
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| | The Chinese people cannot afford the cost
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| stage of liver fibrosis about 20% of the
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| | of biopsy or interferon treatment.
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| time. Thus, researchers have sought other
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| | Perhaps this is a blessing in disguise.
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| markers that could signal liver damage
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| | They have, instead, followed a course of
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| without the need for biopsy.
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| | herbal therapy that extends well over
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| In our first report, we told you about
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| | 5,000 years. Because of the huge amount
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| the availability of HCV FIBROSURE, a
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| | of time the Chinese have spent treating
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| non-invasive blood test for assessing
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| | individuals with herbs, we have to now
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| liver status in hepatitis C virus
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| | assume that the Chinese have gotten very
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| patients. Developed in France, HCV
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| | good using herbs and herbal treatments.
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| Fibrosure is only available in the United
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| | And so they have. Presently, over 1
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| States through LabCorp. But now, two
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| | million Chinese individuals are taking
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| recent Mayo Clinic studies have found
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| | the Nu-Liver formulation for their
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| that magnetic resonance elastography
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| | hepatitis C liver disease. Science is
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| (MRE), a new imaging technique invented
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| | continuing to evolve and better and safer
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| at Mayo Clinic, is an accurate tool for
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| | methods are hopefully just around the
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| non-invasive diagnosis of liver diseases.
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| | corner. But we must be alive in order to
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| Here's how MRE works. The liver responds
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| | receive these new scientific findings.
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| to many diseases that damage its cells by
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| | That is our purpose at Samglo
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| developing scar tissue or fibrosis. MRE
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| | Enterprises: to keep you alive, to keep
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| uses a modified form of magnetic
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| | the hepatitis c virus from doing further
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| resonance imaging (MRI) to accurately
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| | harm to your liver, so that when science
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| measure the hardness or elasticity of the
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| | catches up with the virus, you will be
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| liver. By applying vibrations to the
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| | there to receive the newer treatments.
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| liver, MRE obtains pictures of the
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| | We want you ALIVE, and functioning
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| mechanical waves passing through the
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| | normally until that time comes. We will
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| organ. The wave pictures are then
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| | not accept treatments that are worse than
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| processed to generate a quantitative
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| | the disease itself, that destroy the host
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| image of tissue stiffness. "Healthy liver
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| | in an attempt to kill the virus. Until
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| tissue is very soft, while a liver with
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| | there are safer, more practical,
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| fibrosis is firmer, and a liver with
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| | economical, and side-effect free western
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| cirrhosis is almost rock-hard," says
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| | treatments to cure hepatitis c, we
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| Richard Ehman, M.D., lead researcher on
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| | believe that NU-LIVER is the best eastern
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| the MRE project. "If detected early,
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| | treatment, virtually side-effect free
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| fibrosis of the liver can be treated, but
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| | remedy in today's marketplace. The
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| once the disease has progressed to
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| | Chinese must be doing something right. We
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| cirrhosis, the condition is
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| | are thankful to the Chinese Medical
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| irreversible."
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| | Doctor who brought Nu-Liver to the United
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| In one study involving MRE examinations
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| | States, and also to the tens of thousands
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| of 57 individuals with chronic liver
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| | of Americans, Europeans, and
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| disease and 20 healthy volunteers, the
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| | Australians,who currently take Nu-Liver
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| researchers confirmed that MRE accurately
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| | for their hepatitis C.
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| detects fibrosis with high sensitivity
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| | As always, we wish you the Best of
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| and specificity.
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| | Health.
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| A second study looked at whether MRE can
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