Hepatitis/MASH

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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Tops news of the day from across the healthcare landscape.

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

A new treatment for hepatitis B significantly reduced viral load in 4 weeks.

A new treatment for hepatitis B significantly reduced viral load in 4 weeks.

Prognostic model provides simple and accurate clinical description for each HCC patient.

Decision will make direct-acting antivirals available to 40% of the state's estimated 60,000 Medicaid patients with chronic HCV.

High prevalence of anti-HIV antibodies found in patients with hepatitis C and hepatitis B.

The right combination of direct acting antiviral drugs is vital for patients with HCV.

Possible link found between an antiviral treatment for HBV and an increased risk of colorectal and cervical cancers.

Patients with HCV genotype 3 without scarred livers achieved SVR after 8 weeks.

Patients with HCV genotype 3 without scarred livers achieved SVR after 8 weeks.

Oregon woman infected with HCV from a blood transfusion was at death’s door until she was cured by Harvoni.