News tagged with alcoholic hepatitis
Study finds cholesterol regulator plays key role in development of liver scarring, cirrhosis
UCLA researchers have demonstrated that a key regulator of cholesterol and fat metabolism in the liver also plays an important role in the development of liver fibrosis -- the build-up of collagen scar tissue ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Mar 30, 2011 |
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The relationship between body mass index and age at hepatocellular carcinoma onset
A research team from Japan identified factors associated with the age at onset of hepatitis C virus (HCV)-related hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). The results showed that increased body mass index (BMI) is associated with ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mar 15, 2011 |
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Social class and changes in mortality from liver cirrhosis over the 20th century
A paper describing a dramatic change during the 20th century in England and Wales in the association between social class and mortality from liver cirrhosis features in Alcohol and Alcoholism. While deaths from cirrhosis were m ...
Jan 10, 2011 |
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New insights into treatment options for patients suffering from severe alcoholic hepatitis
Results from two French studies presented today at the International Liver Congress 2010 press conference will help inform clinical practice in the treatment of patients with severe or acute alcoholic hepatitis.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Apr 16, 2010 |
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Is endotoxin receptor CD14 rs2569190/C-159T gene correlated with chronic hepatitis C?
It is still unknown why the natural history of chronic disease caused by hepatitis C virus (HCV), which currently infects 3% of the world's population, varies from mild in some patients to rapidly progressing in others.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Aug 26, 2009 |
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'Gene silencing' may improve treatment of a deadly complication of liver disease
A technique that “silences,” or turns off, genes shows promise as a potential new treatment for liver fibrosis — the disease that leads to cirrhosis — scientists in Tennessee are reporting. Their study is scheduled for the ...
May 27, 2009 |
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Helping doctors ask about drug, alcohol problems
(AP) -- If more doctors started asking, would more drug and alcohol abusers 'fess up so they could get help?
May 04, 2009 |
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Scots and Irish at greater risk of drink-related death, study shows
Alcohol-related deaths in England and Wales are twice as high among people born in Scotland or Ireland compared with the rest of the population, a study has shown.
Mar 19, 2009 |
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New analysis shows liver cancer incidence has tripled since 1970s, but survival rates improving
A new study examining data on incidence trends, mortality rates and survival rates from the National Cancer Institute's Surveillance Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) cancer registries indicates that the incidence of liver ...
Feb 18, 2009 |
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