Why “liver” is being discussed
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Thanks! It was Paywalled, but I found this https://globalbioethics.org/2013/12/11/did-steve-jobs-cut-th... To restate my now better informed opinio…
by readthenotes1 · Sep 25, 2026
Thanks! I liked the liver video. I was wondering.
by jakzurr · Sep 25, 2026
Cells are specialized to their function, as well as to their diseases. The trade offs mentioned in the article seem simplistic, trying to capture the billions of years of evolut…
by tsoukase · Sep 25, 2026
The entire paragraph containing your first quote: > "Dietary vitamin A is obtained from preformed vitamin A (ie, retinyl esters from animal foods, fortified foods, and pharmaceu…
by yorwba · Sep 25, 2026
I'm past the comment edit window, but incidentally these two Harvard pages[1,2] say that: - the recommended daily vitamin C is 90mcg for men and 75 for women, the upper limit is…
by jodrellblank · Sep 25, 2026
At least for isotretinoin, that would look like: dry skin, chapped lips, dry eyes, dry nostrils, dry mouth, photosensitivity, body aches in the morning. It can also raise liver…
by cj · Sep 25, 2026
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The liver is a major metabolic organ exclusively found in vertebrates which performs many essential biological functions, such as detoxification of the organism and the synthesis of various proteins and other biochemicals necessary for digestion and growth. In humans, it is located in the right upper quadrant of the abdomen, below the diaphragm and mostly shielded by the lower right rib cage. Its other metabolic roles include carbohydrate metabolism, the production of a number of hormones, conversion and storage of nutrients such as glucose and glycogen, and the decomposition of red blood cells. Anatomical and medical terminology often use the prefix hepat- from ἡπατο-, from the Greek word for liver, such as hepatology, and hepatitis. Read more on Wikipedia