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Elevated Liver Enzymes Associated With Higher Future Mortality
March 3, 2008 — A new population-based epidemiological study has found that elevated liver enzymes discovered during routine medical care are associated with higher future ... > full story -
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One Cirrhosis Treatment Is Useful In 40 Percent Of Patients, Now Scientists Know Why
February 27, 2008 — Scientists have discovered the molecular mechanism responsible for the effectiveness of an existing treatment for primary biliary cirrhosis, which combines two substances in order to produce an ... > full story -
Working Toward Effective Treatment for HBV Infection
February 22, 2008 — Despite the existence of safe and efficient vaccines, hepatitis B virus is one of the most deadly viruses in the world, killing about 1.2 million people every year. To better understand the direct ... > full story -
New Theory Of Small Intestinal Bacteria Overgrowth In Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
February 22, 2008 — NASH is one type of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and may develop into hepatic fibrosis and cirrhosis of liver. The pathogenesis of NASH remains unclear. A research group in China has found that ... > full story -
Too Much Fast Food And Too Little Exercise Harm The Liver
February 17, 2008 — Too much fast food and too little exercise can harm the liver, reveals a small study in the journal Gut. The findings are based on 18 slim, healthy people (12 men and six women) who took a "fast food ... > full story -
New Trial To Test Radiation-Emitting Beads Against Advanced Liver Cancer
February 12, 2008 — Liver cancer specialists are beginning an 18-month study of a new treatment for liver cancer. The therapy entails injecting tiny beads that emit small amounts of radiation into the liver's main ... > full story -
Liver Transplants: Donor Organ Allocation System Analyzed
February 6, 2008 — Liver transplant is a life saving treatment option for people with end-stage liver disease. Unfortunately, the need for donor livers far exceeds the supply. Each year only about one-third of people ... > full story -
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Noninvasive Ways To Assess Liver Disease
February 1, 2008 — Two new studies examine noninvasive ways to determine liver fibrosis and cirrhosis. An enhanced version of the Original European Liver Fibrosis panel was found to have good diagnostic accuracy for ... > full story -
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Alternative Medicine Use For Hepatitis C: Silymarin (Milk Thistle) Does Not Affect Virus Activity Or ALT Levels, Survey Suggests
February 1, 2008 — In a survey of patients with chronic hepatitis C who participated in a long-term treatment trial for patients who had failed to respond previously to antiviral therapy, approximately 40 percent ... > full story -
Molecules May Help Predict Survival In Liver Cancer
January 30, 2008 — Tiny molecules that help cells regulate which proteins they make might one day help doctors predict which liver-cancer patients are likely to live longer than others. Researchers compared levels of ... > full story
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