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Lack of health literacy and normal routine implicated in hepatitis B virus treatment nonadherence
BOSTON – Attention to health literacy, overcoming language barriers, and educating patients about the importance of maintaining a treatment...
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Study eyed zinc for slowing progression of chronic liver disease
BOSTON - Oral zinc supplementation was associated with maintenance of liver function and suppression of hepatocellular carcinoma in a...
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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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Study found no link between direct-acting antivirals, hepatocellular carcinoma
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New scale bests Milan criteria in predicting posttransplant HCC recurrence
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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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Therapeutic alternative to liver transplantation could be on horizon in NASH
BOSTON - A novel therapeutic approach to nonalcoholic steatohepatitis could one day mean sufferers of this severe form of nonalcoholic fatty...
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Cenicriviroc was well-tolerated but did not outperform placebo across all endpoints
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MBX-8025 yields ‘striking’ efficacy results but new safety signal in primary biliary cholangitis
BOSTON - The investigational peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor delta agonist MBX-8025 exhibited a "striking anticholestatic effect"...
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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...