Chris Laing, Sally Hamour (Whittington Hospital, London, UK), and colleagues describe the diagnosis and treatment of a 30 year-old Chinese man who was referred to their kidney clinic in July 2003 after passing blood in his urine. The patient had been taking the Chinese herb Longdan Xieganwan to 'enhance' his liver for at least 5 years. The doctors found that the patient had a bladder tumour, which they surgically removed. [click link for full article]
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