Liver Disease Stories
Coffee and cigarettes may lower your risk of developing the rare liver disease primary sclerosing cholangitis.
David Kwiatkowski, a traveling hospital technician who infected at least 32 people with hepatitis C using syringes tainted with his own infected blood, will receive his sentence on Monday.
A new combination of enzyme inhibiting drugs that causes cancerous cells to digest themselves could soon enter clinical trials.
Lingering effects of the recession are prompting Americans to turn to their own bodies for economic security.
Four cups of coffee or tea can prevent and protect against non-alcoholic fatty liver disorder.
Saffron have been found to promote apoptosis a regulated form of cell death and inhibit growth of cancerous cells in animal models.- Increased Body Mass Index (BMI) is an independent predictor of clinical decompensation in patients with compensated cirrhosis
- Non-invasive tests for liver fibrosis, such as liver stiffness measurement or the FibroTest, can predict survival of patients with chronic hepatitis C, according to a new study in Gastroenterology, the official journal of the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) Institute.
- Patients who are evaluated for liver diseases such as hepatitis C (HCV) are typically recommended for liver biopsy to determine the extent of disease progression. For patients who question whether less invasive testing is available, clinicians now have alternatives options to consider. Elastography and serum markers are two such diagnostic options reviewed in an editorial published in the June issue of Hepatology, a journal of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases.
- In a large study of men in Japan, the presence of fatty liver disease by ultrasonography showed an inverse ( reduced risk) association with the frequency of moderate alcohol consumption; however, there was some suggestion of an increase in fatty liver disease with higher volume of alcohol consumed per day.
- Surgeon and Professor Michael Olausson was able to create a new connection with the aid of this blood vessel between the liver and the intestines, necessary to cure the girl.
- Research being presented at Digestive Disease Week® (DDW) shows that screening individuals for hepatitis C based on age instead of conventional risk factors may help increase detection rates as well as prevent liver disease.