When hepatitis C treatments fail, patients can face major health risks and the expense of a second therapy. Now, University of Florida Health researchers have developed algorithms that use artificial intelligence to accurately ...
Feb 17, 2022
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One-fifth. Nearly 20% of cancers worldwide are caused by a virus.
Feb 2, 2022
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In a new cohort study of patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV)-related hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), a disease with a high recurrence rate, researchers at the Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine reported that ...
Nov 24, 2021
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Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection can lead to long-term health problems including liver damage, liver failure, cirrhosis, liver cancer and even death. These outcomes are especially dangerous for pregnant people and their ...
Oct 29, 2021
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Researchers at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) report in the Journal of Viral Hepatitis that the activity levels of the proteins involved in liver scarring, or cirrhosis, begin to decrease immediately after ...
Oct 26, 2021
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Nineteen months into the pandemic, the need for antiviral drugs targeted against COVID-19 is clear, given the global persistence of the virus, its ability to rapidly mutate into new variants and the possibility that it could ...
Oct 22, 2021
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The development of direct-acting antiviral (DAA) agents revolutionized treatment for the hepatitis C virus (HCV) in 2013, changing the disease from one that can be controlled to one that can be cured. But with a list price ...
Sep 6, 2021
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When the COVID-19 pandemic ripped through New England and the rest of the United States in early 2020, substance use disorder treatment centers were forced to make massive changes to minimize the spread of coronavirus.
Jul 21, 2021
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There's a good reason why hepatitis C is known as a "silent killer."
Jul 20, 2021
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(HealthDay)—Health care providers should test liver recipients for hepatitis B virus (HBV) given the slight risk for unexpected donor-derived HBV infection, according to research published in the July 9 issue of the U.S. ...
Jul 12, 2021
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