http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. (Medical Xpress)—Around 150 million people globally are chronically infected with the hepatitis C virus (HCV) – a major cause of liver disease and the fastest growing cause of liver transplantation and liver cancer. New prevention strategies are urgently required as people are continuing to be infected with HCV. Findings, published in Hepatology, reveal the impact of a new antiviral treatment that could potentially reduce HCV rates in some cities affected by chronic HCV prevalence by half over 15 years. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-antiviral-treatment-significantly-global-burden.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 06 May 2013 08:50:02 EST news287047611 Exciting new data presented today at the International Liver Congress 2013 include results from early in vitro and in vivo studies targeting covalently closed circular DNA (cccDNA), which may form the basis of a cure for chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-therapeutic-approaches-chronic-hbv-infection.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 25 Apr 2013 04:56:01 EST news286084552 AIDS experts cautioned Monday against hype of a cure after doctors in the United States suppressed HIV in a child born with the virus by administering a potent drug cocktail shortly after birth. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-hiv-infancy-caution-experts.html HIV & AIDS Mon, 04 Mar 2013 12:46:36 EST news281623580 A team of researchers from Johns Hopkins Children's Center, the University of Mississippi Medical Center and the University of Massachusetts Medical School describe the first case of a so-called "functional cure" in an HIV-infected infant. The finding, the investigators say, may help pave the way to eliminating HIV infection in children. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-functional-hiv-infant.html HIV & AIDS Sun, 03 Mar 2013 16:39:40 EST news281551169 (HealthDay)—Flu season descended on the United States early and hard this winter, with significant increases in flu activity observed over the past month, according to an update issued Jan. 4 by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-cdc-influenza.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Sat, 05 Jan 2013 11:20:01 EST news276604892 For the first time, researchers have landed on a potential diagnostic method to identify at least a subset of patients with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), a complex disorder with no known definitive cause or cure. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-discovery-faster-diagnosis-chronic-fatigue.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 14 Nov 2012 18:10:01 EST news272130099 Treating chronic hepatitis C infection with antiviral drugs could halve the risk of developing the most common form of liver cancer, in some cases, indicates an analysis of the published research in one of the new BMJ Open Editions. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-antiviral-therapy-halve-liver-cancer.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 22 Oct 2012 18:30:04 EST news270137112 Waiting to treat the commonest viral infections in transplant recipients until they reach a certain threshold is better than prophylactically treating all recipients, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (JASN). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-reveals-optimal-treatment-common-infection.html Other Thu, 23 Aug 2012 17:10:01 EST news264953486 Up until now the causes of the development of chronic lymphatic leukaemia, the most common form of cancer of the blood in Europe, have been unknown. At present a cure is not possible. A research group at the MedUni Vienna led by Christoph Steininger of the University Department of Internal Medicine I has now however discovered a lead on the origin of this disease. Says Steiniger: "This could influence the therapy approach taken in treating chronic lymphatic leukaemia." http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-chronic-lymphatic-leukaemia.html Cancer Wed, 11 Apr 2012 08:09:19 EST news253350552