Cases of acute hepatitis without known cause have been described in children in two case series published online July 13 in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Jul 21, 2022
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A new USC study shows that liver transplant patients with established alcohol abuse issues prior to transplantation can do as well as, or better than, others who receive new livers—a finding that challenges longstanding ...
Jul 11, 2022
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Scientists have identified a new disease in a ground-breaking discovery that could help patients with unexplained liver and kidney problems.
May 27, 2022
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As health experts around the world try to understand why nearly 200 children in 12 countries have fallen seriously ill with severe hepatitis, doctors in Alabama are investigating nine such cases in that state.
Apr 27, 2022
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It is new technology called "liver in a box," and it's improving outcomes for patients who receive lifesaving transplants.
Apr 20, 2022
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A study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association Surgery is the first in North America to demonstrate that living-donor liver transplant is a viable option for patients who have systemically controlled ...
Mar 30, 2022
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A new clinical guideline from the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) provides guidance on the use of radiation therapy to treat adult patients with primary liver cancers using external beam radiation therapy ...
Jan 12, 2022
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(HealthDay)—The proportion of U.S. elderly patients in need of liver transplant (LT) is sharply increasing, according to a study presented at The Liver Meeting, the annual meeting of the American Association for the Study ...
Nov 18, 2021
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(HealthDay)—Nonoverweight patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) cirrhosis who are on the transplant wait list have worse pre- and post-liver transplant (LT) outcomes, according to a study presented at The ...
Nov 16, 2021
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For decades, recipients of liver transplants have been inexplicably vulnerable to MRSA infection after their lifesaving surgeries, but the molecular mechanisms underlying that risk had remained stubbornly mystifying, at least ...
