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Mayo Clinic seeks new therapies for alcoholic hepatitis

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 01, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A new study from Mayo Clinic finds the use of the drug therapy etanercept ineffective in treating alcoholic hepatitis, an acute inflammation of the liver caused by excessive consumption of alcohol. The results of the study ...





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Hyperferritinemia is another surrogate marker of advanced liver disease

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created May 13, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

High serum ferritin, being a hallmark of hereditary hemochromatosis , is frequently found in chronic hepatitis C, alcoholic or non-alcoholic steatohepatitis and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease patients . A study in Italy ...


Diabetes doubles liver cancer risk for patients with advanced hepatitis C

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created May 29, 2008 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Patients who have chronic hepatitis C with advanced fibrosis have twice the risk of developing liver cancer if they also have diabetes. These findings are published in the June issue of Hepatology, a journal published by Joh ...


The global dynamics and spread of Hepatitis C virus 1a and 1b: A phylogeographical analysis

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created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Research published this week in PLoS Medicine finds that the global spread of Hepatitis C virus (HCV) coincided with widespread use of transfused blood and with the expansion of intravenous drug use but slowed before wholes ...


Hepatitis B does not increase risk for pancreatic cancer

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A Henry Ford Hospital study found that hepatitis B does not increase the risk for pancreatic cancer - and that only age is a contributing factor.


64 infected by hepatitis at hospital in China

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created Apr 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

(AP) -- Police have detained the director of a Chinese hospital where at least 64 people were infected with the potentially deadly liver disease hepatitis C after receiving transfusions from blood collected illegally, state ...


Another hepatitis case linked to Colorado hospital

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created Jul 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Another hepatitis C case has been linked to a Denver hospital where an infected surgery technician is accused of swapping her dirty syringes for ones filled with a powerful painkiller meant for patients.


Toward explaining why hepatitis B hits men harder than women

Toward explaining why hepatitis B hits men harder than women

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Scientists in China are reporting discovery of unusual liver proteins, found only in males, that may help explain the long-standing mystery of why the hepatitis B virus (HBV) sexually discriminates -- hitting ...


Liver tumors associated with metabolic syndrome differ from other tumors

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Feb 25, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Liver cancer in patients whose only risk factor is metabolic syndrome has distinct forms and structures compared to other liver tumors. These findings are in the March issue of Hepatology, a journal published by John Wiley ...


New data emerges on liver transplant survival rates

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created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers at the University of Miami School of Medicine compared the outcomes of cirrhotic patients who underwent liver transplants for nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) versus alcoholic liver disease (ETOH) and found ...


Alcohol companies target youths with magazine ads, new study shows

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created Dec 02, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Alcoholic beverages popular among youths are more likely to be advertised in magazines with high youth readership than alcoholic drinks consumed mainly by adults, resulting in disproportionately high youth exposure to such ...



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