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Timing, duration of biochemical bugle call critical for fighting viruses

Researchers have identified the primary player of the biochemical bugle call that musters the body's defenders against viral infection.

Medical research created Jun 13, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

More than 27 percent of L.A homeless adults have hepatitis C, and nearly half don't know it

Recent government studies show that hepatitis C, which can destroy the liver and necessitate a liver transplant, now kills more American adults than AIDS, and new UCLA research shows just how prevalent the disease is among ...

Health created Jun 11, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Good bugs gone bad: Gut immune cells keep beneficial microbes in their place

The healthy human intestine is colonized with over 100 trillion beneficial, or commensal, bacteria of many different species. In healthy people, these bacteria are limited to the intestinal tissues and have ...

Medical research created Jun 06, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Hepatitis C 'switch' offers target for new drug research

Scientists have discovered a 'switch' in the Hepatitis C virus which could be used as a target for new kinds of drug treatment.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created May 31, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Prevalence of chronic hepatitis B may exceed 2 million, higher in US than previously reported

The prevalence of chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection in the U.S. may be as high as 2.2 million cases according to a new study now available in Hepatology, a journal published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the Am ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created May 31, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

CDC to baby boomers: Get tested for hepatitis C

(AP) -- For the first time, health officials are proposing that all baby boomers get tested for hepatitis C.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created May 18, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Combination of 2 drugs reverses liver tumors

The combination of two inhibitors of protein mTOR stops the growth of primary liver cancer and destroys tumour cells, according to a study by researchers of the Group of Metabolism and Cancer at Bellvitge Biomedical Research ...

Medications created May 02, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Hepatitis C is a new worry for baby boomers, study shows

The number of baby boomers dying from a "silent epidemic" of hepatitis C infections is increasing so rapidly that federal officials are planning a new nationwide push for widespread testing.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created May 02, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Hepatitis C drug can cause depression

There's a high rate of depression among patients with hepatitis C, but a standard treatment for the disease includes a drug, interferon, that can cause depression.

Medications created May 01, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Family history of liver cancer increases risk of developing the disease

A family history of liver cancer is reported to increase risk of developing hepatocellular carcinomas (HCC), independent of hepatitis according to findings published in the May issue of Hepatology, a journal of the Americ ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Apr 24, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Fibrosis and fatty liver disease increase risk of early atherosclerosis

Italian researchers report that severe fibrosis increases the early atherosclerosis risk in patients with genotype 1 chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. A second study found that fatty liver disease also increases ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Apr 24, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

AIDS experts launch 'CNN of virology' in Canada

A new digital media service will foster the global collaboration of physicians and help them to share the latest advances in AIDS and other virus research, according to its Canadian promoters.

HIV & AIDS created Apr 20, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Chronic hepatic diseases generate high costs to Europe

Two studies presented at the International Liver Congress 2012 show the true impact that liver disease has across Europe. One highlights the financial cost of liver disease to the community and the second highlights the high ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Apr 19, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New clinical practice guidelines on alcoholic liver disease published

EASL today announced the publication of a new clinical practice guideline (CPG) in the area of Alcoholic Liver Disease (ALD), bringing the number of CPGs published to date to eight.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Apr 19, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Drug interactions won't exclude HCV transplant or HIV co-infected patients from treatment

New data from a number of clinical trials presented for the first time at the International Liver Congress 2012 provides hope for previously difficult to treat hepatitis C (HCV) patient populations.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Apr 19, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0