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"CDC researchers said the risk of 13 cancers is increased by being overweight or obese, including cancer of the thyroid, gallbladder, liver, kidney, colon and pancreas. Being overweight also increases the risk of a blood cancer called myeloma, a spinal cancer called meningioma, a type of esophage...
Interesting article in The Guardian on the prevalence of liver cancer in Mongolia due to high rates of Hepatitis. Apparently cirrhosis and liver cancer causes around 15% of all annual deaths in the country. https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2017/nov/07/mongolia-liver-cancer-crisis...
The liver is one of the largest organs in the body. It has four lobes and fills the upper right side of the abdomen inside the rib cage. The liver has many important functions, including: Filtering harmful substances from the blood so they can be passed from the body in stools and ...