Hepatology
Conference Coverage
Medicaid restrictions loosening on access to HCV therapies
BOSTON – Some state Medicaid directors have started to drop or loosen restrictions on access to direct-acting antiviral treatments for the...
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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...
Conference Coverage
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,...
News from the FDA/CDC
FDA approves tenofovir alafenamide for patients with chronic hepatitis B and liver disease
FDA has approved tenofovir alafenamide (marketed as Vemlidy by Gilead Sciences) for the treatment of adults with chronic hepatitis B virus...
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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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Cenicriviroc was well-tolerated but did not outperform placebo across all endpoints
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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...
From the Journals
New criteria estimate systemic sclerosis to be more prevalent in primary biliary cholangitis patients
The use of outdated criteria for the identification of systemic sclerosis in primary biliary cholangitis likely led to an underestimation of the...
From the Journals
PBC patients show brain abnormalities before cirrhosis occurs
Brain abnormalities associated with primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) can be observed via magnetic resonance imaging before significant liver...