News tagged with cirrhosis group
What is the energy consuming style in chronic severe hepatitis B patient normality?
Sep 24, 2008 |
4 / 5 (3) |
0
The liver plays a pivotal role in fuel and energy metabolism. Many studies have shown that patients with liver cirrhosis have nutrient and energy metabolism imbalances, which lead to malnutrition and can seriously affect ...
Search results for cirrhosis group
Alcohol-based cirrhosis on rise in Britain
Mar 19, 2007 |
not rated yet |
0
Cases involving cirrhosis of the liver by alcohol among British people aged 25-to-34 years have more than doubled during the last decade, figures show.
Inflammation may be common thread behind nervous and heart rhythm problems in cirrhosis
Feb 10, 2009 |
5 / 5 (1) |
0
Liver cirrhosis is the seventh leading cause of death in the United States, taking 25,000 lives per year. It is often the result of alcohol over-consumption or exposure to hepatitis C, either of which can damage the liver ...
Researchers discover genetic cause for primary biliary cirrhosis
May 27, 2009 |
not rated yet |
0
Researchers have discovered a novel molecular path that predisposes patients to develop primary biliary cirrhosis, a disease that mainly affects women and slowly destroys their livers. Primary biliary cirrhosis has no known ...
The risk factors of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis in HCV patients
Oct 23, 2008 |
5 / 5 (1) |
0
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is one of the more common causes of chronic liver disease in world with a variety of extrahepatic complications such as essential mixed cryoglobulinemia, membranoproliferative glomerulonep hritis, ...
New data emerges on liver transplant survival rates
Nov 25, 2009 |
not rated yet |
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 ...
Gene variation may elevate risk of liver tumor in patients with cirrhosis
Jan 02, 2008 |
4 / 5 (1) |
0
[B]Growth factor pathway may be target for preventive treatment[/B] A particular gene variation appears to significantly increase the risk that individuals with cirrhosis of the liver will go on to develop hepatocellular car ...
New test improves detection of liver cancer
Aug 08, 2007 |
5 / 5 (1) |
0
Cancer of the liver is very difficult to detect, and it is a major cause of death in Asia and Africa, with rising incidence in Western countries as well. Now, VIB researchers connected to Ghent University, in collaboration ...
Interferon as long-term treatment for hepatitis C not effective
Dec 04, 2008 |
4 / 5 (3) |
0
Use of the drug interferon as a long-term maintenance strategy to slow the progression of liver disease associated with the hepatitis C virus is ineffective, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers and their colleagues ...
Hepatitis C treatment reduces the virus but liver damage continues
Dec 09, 2008 |
5 / 5 (2) |
0
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 ...
Patients with cirrhosis and impaired cognitive abilities have more motor vehicle accidents
Sep 09, 2009 |
not rated yet |
0
A recent study by Jasmohan Bajaj, M.D., and colleagues from Virginia Commonwealth University and McGuire VA Medical Center found that patients with cirrhosis of the liver who developed minimal hepatic encephalopathy (MHE) ...
List of search results for cirrhosis group
