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Hepatitis C Treatment Reduces The Virus But Serious Liver Problems May Progress
November 6, 2007 — Patients with chronic hepatitis C and advanced liver disease who did not respond to previous standard therapy experienced significant decreases in their liver enzymes, viral levels, and liver ... > full story -
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24-Week Course Of Interferon-Alpha Therapy Prolongs Survival In Patients Hepatitis C Virus
November 2, 2007 — Scientists performed a matched historical controlled study on whether a 24-week course of interferon-alpha therapy, after curative treatment for primary hepatocellular carcinoma associated with ... > full story -
High-Fat Diet Makes Mice Susceptible To Liver Injury
November 1, 2007 — A high-fat diet may kill regulatory T cells in the liver, allowing steatosis to develop into steatohepatitis, according to a new article. Related depletion of regulatory T cells in fatty liver may ... > full story -
Tiny Radioactive Spheres Effectively Treat Cancer That Has Spread To The Liver
October 29, 2007 — Placing tiny radioactive spheres directly into the liver through its blood supply halted growth of tumors that had spread to the organ in 71 percent of patients tested in a small clinical trial, ... > full story -
MRI Predicts Liver Fibrosis, Study Says
October 23, 2007 — Moderate to severe chronic liver disease can be predicted with the use of diffusion-weighted MRI. A recent study showed that hepatic ADC was a significant predictor of stage 2 or greater and stage 3 ... > full story -
Discovery Of New Antiviral Mechanism Promising For Hepatitis C Treatment
October 19, 2007 — A completely new mechanism that mammalian cells employ to fight infections of the Hepatitis C virus, which affects approximately 2.7 million Americans and 170 million people worldwide, has been ... > full story -
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Can Liver Cirrhosis Be Partially Cured?
October 10, 2007 — The diffusion of hepatitis C virus infection worldwide is astonishing. Liver cirrhosis is present in at least 10-20% of these infected patients, with highly increasing health care and emotional ... > full story -
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Patients Over Age 60 Do Well After Liver Transplantation
October 2, 2007 — Patients who undergo liver transplantation at age 60 or above have one-year and five-year survival rates similar to those of younger patients and they experience fewer episodes of rejection. Older ... > full story -
Noninvasive Tests For Cirrhosis May Help To Avoid Liver Biopsy
October 1, 2007 — Newer ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging tests yield encouraging initial results in diagnosing fibrosis and cirrhosis of the liver, according to three new studies. With further research, these ... > full story -
Quick-Burning Carbs May Cause Fatty Liver: Low-Glycemic Diet Protected Mice
September 21, 2007 — The obesity epidemic has spawned not just diabetes, but another serious public health problem: a surge in fatty liver disease, which can lead to cirrhosis and liver failure. Now, research suggests ... > full story
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