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Ketogenic diet, with variations, can help adult epilepsy
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VIDEO: Hepato-adrenal syndrome is an under-recognized source of ICU morbidity
BOSTON – Patients with serious liver disease who also had hepato-adrenal syndrome had significantly longer hospital stays; these patients had...
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VIDEO: Appealing DAA denials is worth it for hepatitis C patients
BOSTON – Though criteria for insurance approval for direct-acting antivirals for hepatitis C virus are loosening, many patients are still denied...
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Risk stratification important for aortic valve disease in pregnancy
CHICAGO – Understanding pregnancy’s toll on the body can help physicians treat aortic stenosis or aortic regurgitation in pregnant women.
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VIDEO: PBC patients with compensated cirrhosis fare well on obeticholic acid
BOSTON - Patients with primary biliary cholangitis who have compensated cirrhosis fared just as well on obeticholic acid as did primary biliary...
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It’s not easy to identify clinical depression in menopause
Clinical depression isn’t a more severe extreme of milder depressive symptoms, but rather a distinct clinical entity, said Hadine Joffe, MD, and...
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VIDEO: Obeticholic acid resulted in reduction of a biomarker for liver fibrosis in PBC
BOSTON – Obeticholic acid resulted in a significant reduction of a biomarker for liver fibrosis in patients with primary biliary cholangitis,...
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Liver transplant waits shorter with DAAs
BOSTON – The rate of wait-listing for liver transplants for patients with hepatitis C and decompensated cirrhosis has decreased by over 30% since...
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Thermal ablation of duodenal tissue lowers transaminases
BOSTON – An endoscopic procedure that heats and ablates a few centimeters of the surface of the duodenum reduced hepatic transaminases in patients...
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Most infective endocarditis calls for early surgery
CHICAGO - Turning to surgery earlier in infective endocarditis may hold the key to a cure for some patients. Upcoming guidelines for surgical...
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Lyme disease spirochete helps babesiosis gain a foothold
BOSTON – The spirochete that causes Lyme disease in humans may be helping to escalate the rate of human babesiosis cases in regions where both are...
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NAMS hormone therapy guidelines stress individualized treatment
The new statement, an update from the North American Menopause Society’s 2012 recommendations, gives targeted recommendations for special...