News tagged with chronic hepatitis
Hepatitis C: No overall difference in sustained viral response in most widely used treatments
Jul 22, 2009 |
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Findings from the largest study to date comparing the efficacy of competing treatments for chronic hepatitis C infection (HCV) show that the regimens are similar when it comes to safety and their ability to provoke long-term ...
Study: Patients with resolved hepatitis C likely still contagious
May 04, 2009 |
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Patients with chronic hepatitis C that has been resolved through therapy or immune response may still be able to infect others with the virus. That finding is from a new study in the May issue of Hepatology, a journal publis ...
Drinking coffee slows progression of liver disease in chronic hepatitis C sufferers
Oct 20, 2009 |
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Patients with chronic hepatitis C and advanced liver disease who drink three or more cups of coffee per day have a 53% lower risk of liver disease progression than non-coffee drinkers according to a new study led by Neal ...
Toward explaining why hepatitis B hits men harder than women
Nov 18, 2009 |
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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 ...
Treatment for advanced hepatitis C doesn't work, researchers find
Dec 03, 2008 |
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An NIH funded multi-center clinical trial found no benefit from "maintenance therapy," low-dose peginterferon used for hepatitis C patients who have not responded to an initial round of treatment. In addition, the study showed ...
HBV genotype B/B3 and C/C1 are the major genotypes in Indonesia?
Sep 16, 2009 |
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Previous studies revealed that HBV genotypes as well as mutations in the core promoter, precore or HBx gene have been shown to have an association with the clinical outcome of liver disease, however, this is still controversial. ...
Is endotoxin receptor CD14 rs2569190/C-159T gene correlated with chronic hepatitis C?
Aug 26, 2009 |
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It is still unknown why the natural history of chronic disease caused by hepatitis C virus (HCV), which currently infects 3% of the world's population, varies from mild in some patients to rapidly progressing in others.
Elevated lymphotoxin expression in liver leads to chronic hepatitis and causes HCC
Oct 05, 2009 |
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A recent study maps the pathway that leads from infection with Hepatitis B and C virus (HBV and HCV) to chronic hepatitis and liver cancer and proposes a new therapeutic strategy for treating liver diseases with chronic inflammation. ...
New treatment option for patients with chronic hepatitis C
May 28, 2009 |
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A new combination therapy of daily consensus interferon (CIFN) and ribavirin is effective for some people with chronic hepatitis C (HCV) who do not respond to standard therapy. The treatment works particularly well in interferon-sensitive ...
Some donor factors affect outcomes for HCV-positive liver transplant recipients
May 28, 2009 |
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Two new studies address donor factors that could affect outcomes for liver transplant recipients, particularly those with chronic hepatitis C (HCV). One found that donor steatosis, or fat in the liver, does not affect liver ...
Hyperferritinemia is another surrogate marker of advanced liver disease
May 13, 2009 |
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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 ...
Hepatitis C treatment reduces the virus but liver damage continues
Dec 09, 2008 |
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Treating patients who have chronic hepatitis C and advanced liver disease with long-term pegylated interferon significantly decreased their liver enzymes, viral levels and liver inflammation, but the treatment did not slow ...
