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Unhealthy lifestyles ‘fuel liver disease rise’ By Nick Triggle Health correspondent, BBC News Liver disease deaths in the under-65s have risen by a fifth in the past decade High levels of drinking and obesity mean England is one of the few places in Europe seeing a major preventative disease getting worse, the chief medical officer…
Simeprevir is safe and effective with interferon/ribavirin for hepatitis C patients with cirrhosis NEW AND EXPERIMENTAL HEPATITIS C TREATMENT > Liz Highleyman Produced in collaboration with hivandhepatitis.com Published: 19 November 2012 Fred Poordad from Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles © Liz Highleyman / hivandhepatitis.com Jump to http://images.aidsmap.com/site/file/1050160/resize/w10/); background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; “> Simeprevir drug interactions Interferon-free…
FibroScan Most Reliable Test for Assessing Severe Fibrosis and Cirrhosis in Alcoholic Liver Disease: Presented at AASLD By Cheryl Lathrop BOSTON — November 14, 2012 — Ultrasound-based transient elastography provides a reliable noninvasive indicator of severe liver fibrosis and cirrhosis in alcoholic liver disease, and FibroScan appears to provide the best results of currently available…
24,000 with diabetes ‘are dying needlessly’: Fewer than half of patients get vital checks, say MPs By Jenny Hope PUBLISHED: 19:01 EST, 5 November 2012 | UPDATED: 19:01 EST, 5 November 2012 Up to 24,000 patients with diabetes are dying needlessly each year despite the NHS spending £3.9billion on their care, warn MPs. A report from an influential Commons…
UK – Liver cirrhosis deaths double in last 15 years Author: The Irish Times LEVELS OF mortality from cirrhosis of the liver have doubled in the last 15 years as a “direct result of alcohol consumption”, a leading consultant on gastroenterology has said. Prof Frank Murray, chairman of the alcohol policy group at the Royal College…
UK – Could Hepatitis C be eliminated from cities? Author: Hepatitis C Trust Hepatitis C could be eliminated from UK cities in the next decade if targeted treatment is given political support, a leading liver specialist believes. Professor Graham Foster, professor of hepatology at Queen Mary’s University of London, raised the prospect of eradicating the virus…
Moderate Alcohol Consumption Can Lead To Life-Threatening Diseases DALLAS, Nov. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — Alcohol consumption is more socially acceptable than ever before. In fact, 17.6 million people abuse alcohol or have an alcohol dependency.[1] Yet many do not realize there are health problems associated with drinking alcohol in moderation. According to Caron…
Antiviral therapy may halve risk of liver cancer Treating chronic hepatitis C infection with antiviral drugs could halve the risk of developing the most common form of liver cancer, in some cases, indicates an analysis of the published research in one of the new BMJ Open Editions.* Hepatocellular carcinoma is the most common form of…
Vertex in hepatitis C drug study accords with GSK and Janssen Lynne Taylor Vertex Pharmaceuticals has announced agreements with GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and Janssen for the conduct of Phase II proof-of-concept studies of all-oral regimens for the treatment of hepatitis C. Both studies will involve Vertex’s nucleotide analogue hepatitis C virus (HCV) polymerase inhibitor VX-135, an…
Addex Reports ADX71441 Reduces Alcohol Intake in a Preclinical Model of Alcohol Binge Drinking * Reuters is not responsible for the content in this press release. Mon Oct 29, 2012 2:01am EDT Addex Therapeutics / Addex Reports ADX71441 Reduces Alcohol Intake in a Preclinical Model of…