Thursday, August 23, 2007

Liver Cancer and Vitamin K

Researchers in Japan investigating whether vitamin K could prevent bone loss in women with liver disease have uncovered a surprising, secondary benefit—the vitamin also helped to prevent liver cancer in the patients.

People with viral cirrhosis from diseases such as hepatitis C are at an increased risk of developing liver cancer—about 80% of people with hepatocellular carcinomas have cirrhosis.

Read the entire article here.

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