Research offers hope of new treatments for liver damage
There is currently no cure for liver cirrhosis and a patient's only hope of survival is to receiv... increase in the number of men aged 45-54 dying of cirrhosis since 1970 and a threefold increase in women of the same age group. Liver failure is also rapidly in...Donor age has no affect on long-term liver transplant survival
...n . Patients who undergo liver transplantation for cirrhosis due to hepatitis C are invariably re-infected with...udy examined 195 transplantations due to end stage cirrhosis related to hepatitis C that took place between 1989 and June 2003. The median donor age was 41.5 yea...PillCam enables study of esophagus by swallowing a pill
...away, and esophageal varices are a complication of cirrhosis of the liver. Current traditional diagnosis and evaluation of these conditions usually involves sending a long, flexible tube, called an endoscope, through the patient's mouth and throat into the esophagus. The procedure requires sedation, up to an h...Serum sodium level is a major predictor of a poor prognosis for heart failure patients
... properly, as well as in those with heart failure, cirrhosis of the liver, and Addison's disease. Sodium must be maintained at a specific concentration in the blood and the fluid surrounding the body's cells for the body to function properly....LA BioMed medical/research briefs March 2005
...reme manifestations of fatty liver disease such as cirrhosis and liver carcinoma. Omid Khorran M.D., Ph.D. a principal investigator at LA BioMed and Director, Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Fertility at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, was part of the research group who conducted the study. To speak wi...Cancer in patients with hepatitis C
...t people with HCV have a higher risk of developing cirrhosis and liver cancer, however, studies of the association between HCV and other malignancies have yielded varied and conflicting results. In Sweden, a cluster of four cases of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in 554 HCV patients raised the question of an associati...Celecoxib safe for short-term use in patients with cirrhosis
...ive COX-2 inhibitors may be safe for patients with cirrhosis of the liver, according to a recent study that com...al/hepatology . Previous studies in experimental cirrhosis have shown that selective COX-2 inhibitors, such as celecoxib, do not affect renal function. By cont...Biochemical marker aids prognosis in liver transplant patients
... to predict three-month mortality in patients with cirrhosis of the liver listed for transplantation. The curre...s, Argentina, the study included 262 patients with cirrhosis who were listed for liver transplantation at Fundacion Favaloro between June 1995 and January 2003. ...Radiologists offer non-surgical treatment for early-stage liver cancer
...tion on 187 early-stage liver cancer patients with cirrhosis who were not candidates for surgery. People with cirrhosis or Hepatitis B or C virus infections are at increased risk of developing liver cancer. Fewer than 5 ...Alcohol: Global burden on health similar to tobacco and high blood pressure
... in British alcohol prices would produce a drop in cirrhosis mortality of 7% in men and 8.3% in women and a fall of 28.8% in men and 37.4% in women in deaths from explicitly alcohol-involved causes (alcohol dependence, poisoning etc.) Besides price, drinking and alcohol-related problems can be affected by rest...The role of ethnicity in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease
...hepatitis (NASH), can cause chronic liver disease, cirrhosis and cancer. In fact, one in every five cases of newly diagnosed chronic liver disease may be attributable to NAFLD. Previous studies of NAFLD have focused predominantly on Caucasians, while the current study focused on a variety of racial-ethnic grou...Research offers hope of new treatments for liver damage 'plague'
...g treatments. There is currently no cure for liver cirrhosis and a patient's only hope of survival is to receiv... increase in the number of men aged 45-54 dying of cirrhosis since 1970 and a threefold increase in women of the same age group. Liver failure is also rapidly in...NIH action plan charts future challenges for liver disease research
... means of measuring fibrosis (tissue scarring) and cirrhosis (excessive scarring and destruction of liver structure) would improve management of liver disease and facilitate clinical research. Developing sensitive and specific means of screening individuals at high risk for early hepatocellular carcinoma (l...Transplanted bone marrow cells reduce liver fibrosis in mice
... liver cells, which could help patients with liver cirrhosis and chronic liver failure. To study this possibility, researchers, led by Isao Sakaida, M.D. of Japan's Yamaguchi University, studied the effect of transplanted bone marrow cells on mice with liver fibrosis. The researchers first caused liver fibros...Prevalence of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease varies by ethnicity
...spective studies have shown that the prevalence of cirrhosis due to NAFLD may vary by ethnic group. Researchers...o determine if ethnic differences in NAFLD-related cirrhosis were associated with underlying differences in susceptibility to hepatic triglyceride (HTGC) accumul...Nerve damage from alcoholism reversed after liver transplantation
... peripheral neuropathy in a patient with alcoholic cirrhosis is reversible and should not constitute a contraindication to OLT, even when the neuropathy is disabling." ...Studies demonstrate positive data in treatment of hepatitis C
...s who are treated those patients who already have cirrhosis are at a far greater risk for developing liver cancer or suffering liver failure," notes Afdhal. In fact, he says, hepatitis C is the leading cause of liver transplants in the U.S. Until now, no treatment has been available for these patients. In his...Study shows weight-based REBETOL dosing in combination with PEG-INTRON significantly improves ...
...er. Patients with chronic hepatitis C and related cirrhosis are 100 times more likely to develop liver cancer than uninfected persons. About half of all cases of primary liver cancer in the developed world are caused by hepatitis C, and hepatitis-C-related liver disease is now the leading cause for liver tr...New survey reveals surprising insights into parental attitudes toward teenage sexual behavior
... contact sports. It can cause lifelong infection, cirrhosis (scarring) of the liver, liver cancer, liver failure and death, in some cases. According to the survey, although more than 90 percent of parents were aware of hepatitis B, most of these parents (80 percent) were not very familiar with the disease, i...