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VIDEO – ‘Three D’ for hepatitis C called ‘revolutionary’

Posted on: 07/05/2014 - 19:00

CHICAGO – An experimental triple-drug regimen with or without ribavirin cured more than 90% of 724 previously untreated patients with hepatitis C genotype 1 who did not have cirrhosis. And it was...

Field of Interest: Infectious diseases

Type: News Item

Bariatric surgery improved liver histopathology in NAFLD

Posted on: 05/05/2014 - 14:15

CHICAGO – Grade 2 or 3 hepatic fibrosis in the setting of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease resolved or improved in 56% of affected patients following their bariatric surgery for severe obesity,...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Simvastatin improves survival in cirrhosis-linked variceal bleeding

Posted on: 17/04/2014 - 18:10

LONDON – Simvastatin improves short-term survival after variceal bleeding in patients with cirrhosis, results of a phase III, randomized, double blind study have shown. At 2 years’ follow-up in the...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Antiviral combo pill cures HCV in 8-12 weeks

Posted on: 16/04/2014 - 18:55

LONDON – A single daily pill containing two novel antiviral agents produced sustained virologic response rates of more than 90% in as little as 8-12 weeks in three multicenter, open-label phase III...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Patients with both HIV and HCV have higher hepatic decompensation rates, despite antiretrovirals

Posted on: 17/03/2014 - 21:00

Patients with HCV-HIV coinfections had significantly higher rates of hepatic decompensation vs. HCV-monoinfected patients, even when they received antiretroviral therapy and maintained low HIV RNA...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Multiple gut surgeries tip scale against laparoscopic gall bladder surgery

Posted on: 20/02/2014 - 14:00

NAPLES, FLA. – Only fewer prior abdominal surgeries predicted successful laparoscopic gall bladder surgery after percutaneous cholecystostomy tube placement in a review of 245 patients. Notably, the...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

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VIDEO – ‘Three D’ for hepatitis C called ‘revolutionary’

Bariatric surgery improved liver histopathology in NAFLD

Simvastatin improves survival in cirrhosis-linked variceal bleeding

Antiviral combo pill cures HCV in 8-12 weeks

Patients with both HIV and HCV have higher hepatic decompensation rates, despite antiretrovirals

Multiple gut surgeries tip scale against laparoscopic gall bladder surgery

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