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VIDEO: Antigen test could simplify HCV screening

Posted on: 17/11/2015 - 19:34

SAN FRANCISCO – Hepatitis C testing can be time consuming, expensive, and not widely available, but a new test focused on hepatitis C antigen detection might simplify the process and reduce its...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

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VIDEO: Inappropriate hepatitis A, B tests may be widespread in hospitals

Posted on: 17/11/2015 - 19:14

SAN FRANCISCO – A majority of inpatients with suspected acute hepatitis A and acute hepatitis B underwent inappropriate ordering of lab tests for those conditions, a study in one U.S. medical center...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

ACR: Mycophenolate reduces need for GAVE endoscopy

Posted on: 17/11/2015 - 19:07

SAN FRANCISCO – Mycophenolate significantly reduces the need for endoscopic interventions for gastric antral vascular ectasia in patients with systemic sclerosis, according to investigators...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Gout hospitalizations, costs surpass those for rheumatoid arthritis

Posted on: 17/11/2015 - 18:58

SAN FRANCISCO – Hospitalization rates for gout doubled between 1993 and 2011, while those for rheumatoid arthritis fell by 67%, Dr. Sian Yik Lim reported at the annual meeting of the American College...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Novel botanical drug reduces hepatic fat content

Posted on: 17/11/2015 - 18:04

SAN FRANCISCO – Twelve weeks of treatment with a novel botanical drug extracted from Magnolia officinalis safely and significantly reduced hepatic fat content in a dose-dependent manner among...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

ASTRAL-1: High SVR12 with sofosbuvir/velpatasvir combo for HCV

Posted on: 17/11/2015 - 17:21

SAN FRANCISCO – Once-daily treatment with fixed-dose combination sofosbuvir/velpatasvir for 12 weeks was well tolerated and resulted in high sustained virologic response rates in hepatitis C–infected...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Cellular therapy benefit limited to young alcoholic hepatitis patients

Posted on: 17/11/2015 - 17:20

SAN FRANCISCO – The only patients with alcoholic hepatitis to derive a survival benefit from extracorporeal hepatocellular therapy with C3A hepatoma cells were those who were young and had low Model...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

High SVR achieved in decompensated HCV patients with 12-week therapy

Posted on: 17/11/2015 - 16:23

SAN FRANCISCO – In patients infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV) who have decompensated liver disease, a 12-week combination drug regimen with velpatasvir and sofosbuvir (VEL/SOF) with or without...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

PSA screening declined 18% after USPSTF recommendation

Posted on: 17/11/2015 - 16:00

The rate of routine prostate-specific antigen screening among men aged 50 years and older declined 18% during the first year after the 2012 U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommendation against...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

VIDEO: Survival benefits, relapse risks in liver transplant for alcoholic hepatitis

Posted on: 16/11/2015 - 20:12

SAN FRANCISCO – Are policies requiring 6 months of abstinence before liver transplantation in severe alcoholic hepatitis justified, given the potential survival advantage that earlier transplantation...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

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