Read more about the article Doctors Remove Huge Ball Of Parasitic Worms That Had Been Feasting On Girl’s Liver
Picture shows X-ray image of a huge ball of worms inside the liver of a 19-year-old patient in Kazan, Russia, undated. Surgeons removed it. (@rkb_tatarstan/Newsflash)

Doctors Remove Huge Ball Of Parasitic Worms That Had Been Feasting On Girl’s Liver

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT Doctors in Russia have removed a huge ball of parasitic worms from a Russian girl's liver that had begun feasting on her living body. The young girl,…

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Read more about the article Malta’s Heftiest Hedgehog Dies Of Liver Failure
Image shows Malta's fattest hedgehog Garfield, undated photo. She was put on a strict diet and exercise regime in October 2022. (Nature Trust-FEE Malta Wildlife Rescue Team/Newsflash)

Malta’s Heftiest Hedgehog Dies Of Liver Failure

Malta's fattest hedgehog - who was so big at one point that she was unable to even walk - has died of liver failure. Garfield the hedgehog was last seen…

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Read more about the article Breastfeeding For Longer Could Stave Off Obesity, Says New Study
Picture shows the group of scientists in an undated picture. They worked in a research with mouse that confirmed that breastfeeding can help obesity in adults. (@UniversidadeUSC/Newsflash)

Breastfeeding For Longer Could Stave Off Obesity, Says New Study

Breastfeeding for longer could reduce the risks of of infants developing obesity later in life, a new study has revealed. Researchers in Spain discovered that lengthening the period when baby…

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Read more about the article Surgeons Remove Toothpick From Womans Liver After She Went To Hospital With Stomach Pain
Doctors remove a toothpick from a womans liver in Tishreen hospital, the city of Damascus, Syria. (@tishreenhosp/Newsflash)

Surgeons Remove Toothpick From Womans Liver After She Went To Hospital With Stomach Pain

Surgeons have extracted a wooden toothpick from a woman's liver after she went to A&E with stomach pain. The young woman, name and age not reported, presented herself at the…

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Read more about the article Syrian Baby Receives A Life-Changing Living Donor Liver Transplant On His 1st Birthday
Tamer Al Jadou, a one-year-old with acute liver failure, was operated on after determining that the liver of his stepmother, Hmameh Elhalef, who lives in Syria, was a match for the transplant in Bursa, Turkey on 28th April 2021.

Syrian Baby Receives A Life-Changing Living Donor Liver Transplant On His 1st Birthday

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This one-year-old boy has received a life-changing living donor liver transplant on his birthday after his stepmother turned out to be a viable donor and travelled with him from his…

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Read more about the article Man Gets Parasites From Raw Fish And Loses Half A Liver
A scan performed at Hangzhou First People’s Hospital in Zhejiang, China, on 3 June show Mr Xie’s inflamed liver filled with fluid and tumour-like growths due to a parasitic fluke infection

Man Gets Parasites From Raw Fish And Loses Half A Liver

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A Chinese man who ate a delicacy of undercooked fish has lost half a liver after the vital organ was “eaten" from the inside by an army of parasitic flatworms…

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