A study presented at Digestive Disease Week examined how patient genotyping with advanced cirrhosis from hepatitis C virus could help healthcare professionals predict likelihood of improvement after ...

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VIENNA — Statin use is associated with a 40% reduction in the rate of hepatic decompensation and death in patients with hepatitis C compensated cirrhosis, according to a retrospective analysis. Statin ...

CHICAGO — A research team identified genetic markers that predict which patients with hepatitis C and cirrhosis will most likely improve with direct-acting antiviral agent and those who will fail to ...

Pioneering 15-minute polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test for hepatitis C virus facilitates same-day diagnosis and initiating ...

Nearly 80 percent of chronic hepatitis C sufferers who have the disease for several decades will develop cirrhosis or end-stage liver disease later in life, according to a study published today in the ...

Approval of Mavyret (glecaprevir and pibrentasvir) tablets has been expanded to eight-week treatment for treatment-naive patients aged 12 years and older with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotypes ...

AUD/SUD was significant risk factor for HCC in pre-direct-acting antiviral era, and in the post-direct-acting antiviral era among those with active hepatitis C.

Northwestern scientists have created the fastest-ever hepatitis C diagnostic, delivering accurate results in only 15 minutes.

Many people believe that the main cause of a liver disease known as cirrhosis is alcohol abuse. However, Dr. Catherine Frenette, medical director of liver transplantation at Scripps Clinics in San ...

If you’ve heard of hepatitis C (hepa-what?!), you might think of actress Pamela Anderson, who was diagnosed with the disease in the early 2000s. Or maybe you associate it with people who have ...

A 52-year-old man who had undergone kidney transplantation in March 2005 presented with increased aminotransferase levels in June 2006. Four months later, the alanine aminotransferase level reached ...