Hepatitis/MASH

Study finds need for updated pricing system for hepatitis C virus medications.

An experimental hepatitis C virus inhibitor was able to slow down the symptoms of Zika in mice.

Growing number of patients with life-threatening liver disease being removed from transplant waiting lists.

Long-term exposure to particulate matter increases mortality risk from cancer.

Liver tumors found to stop using fructose.

Acute exenatide administration reduces glucose production and insulin resistance in liver tissue.

Organ recipients with a history of cancer were 1.5 times more likely to die early from any cause compared with organ recipients without history of cancer.

Granulin implicated in the spread of cancer from the pancreas to the liver.

Novel HCV regimen shows high SVR12 rates at 8 and 12 weeks of treatment.

Dual transplant may have a protective role against cellular rejection.

Nearly 36% of graft losses are due to nonadherence in renal transplant patients.

Patients with chronic hepatitis C virus have an increased risk of developing B-cell lymphomas.

Patients with chronic hepatitis C virus have an increased risk of developing B-cell lymphomas.

Investigational injectable treatment combined with oral direct-acting antiviral drugs shows results after 8 weeks.

Renal transplant recipients eligible for medication management services under Medicare Part D had higher adherence to medication than ineligible patients.

Limiting the HCV cure to patients with advanced stages of the disease is reviewed.

Sorafenib for advanced hepatocellular carcinoma may not offer the significantly lengthened life expectancy reported in clinical trials.

Needle exchange programs offer injection drug users a nonthreatening public location to bring a dirty needle and exchange it for a sterile one.

Hepatitis C treatment administered in a community-based setting proven to be safe and effective.

Hepatitis C treatment administered in a community-based setting proven to be safe and effective.

HCV-related death reached 19,596 in 2014 as cases of new infections have more than doubled from 2010 to 2014.

Alcohol promotes faster development of fibrosis and progression to cirrhosis in people with hepatitis C virus.

Coffee consumption with high fat diet found to improve non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.

Paper device offers on-the-go inexpensive diagnosis of hepatitis C and HIV.

Antiviral therapies generate survival rates over 90% in patients with HCV-related cirrhosis.

Hepatitis B tends to be more aggressive in HIV patients, increasing the risk of cirrhosis, end-stage liver disease, and hepatocellular cancer.

Antiviral drugs can spare livers for patients with other liver diseases.

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Coinfection with hepatitis B virus isn't uncommon among those infected with HIV.