MR elastography effective for assessing liver stiffness in children
MR elastography (MRE) is an effective technique for noninvasive monitoring of liver stiffness -- a surrogate for fibrosis -- in children and young adults with autoimmune liver disease, researchers have reported.
A team led by first author Jonathan Dillman, MD, of Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Center in Ohio found that MRE liver stiffness measurements were elevated in children and young adults with autoimmune liver disease. The results were published April 18 in the American Journal of Roentgenology.
“[As well, these measurements] were not significantly different between subsets of patients with primary sclerosing ch...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 19, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Kate Madden Yee Tags: MRI Pediatric Radiology Source Type: news
WHO: Hepatitis is second-leading infectious cause of death worldwide
Deaths from the disease are on the rise, the report notes, making viral hepatitis the second-leading cause of death among non-covid communicable diseases worldwide. (Source: Washington Post: To Your Health)
Source: Washington Post: To Your Health - April 14, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Erin Blakemore Source Type: news
Higher Hepatitis C Virus Cure Rates Seen With Facilitated Telemedicine
FRIDAY, April 12, 2024 -- Significantly higher hepatitis C virus cure rates are seen for patients receiving opioid treatment program-integrated facilitated telemedicine versus off-site hepatitis specialist referral, according to a study published... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - April 12, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Doc Flung From Trailer Dies; Viral Hepatitis Deaths Rise; Suicidal Thoughts and GLPs
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A 58-year-old Long Island pediatrician died after falling out of a moving Airstream trailer on the highway. (NBC New York)
Ten doctors advising the FDA on a cardiac... (Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry)
Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry - April 9, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Africa: WHO Sounds Alarm On Viral Hepatitis Infections Claiming 3500 Lives Each Day
[WHO] According to the World Health Organization (WHO) 2024 Global Hepatitis Report, the number of lives lost due to viral hepatitis is increasing. The disease is the second leading infectious cause of death globally -- with 1.3 million deaths per year, the same as tuberculosis, a top infectious killer. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - April 9, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Africa External Relations Health and Medicine International Organizations and Africa Source Type: news
Hepatitis E Vaccine Shows Long-Term Efficacy Hepatitis E Vaccine Shows Long-Term Efficacy
While the hepatitis E virus causes tens of thousands of deaths each year, data suggest that a vaccine approved in China has long-term efficacy.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Allergy Headlines)
Source: Medscape Allergy Headlines - April 8, 2024 Category: Allergy & Immunology Tags: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Prevalence of Hepatitis Delta High in Hepatitis B Surface Antigen Chronic Carriers
THURSDAY, April 4, 2024 -- The prevalence of hepatitis delta virus (HDV) is high in hepatitis B surface antigen (HBs Ag) chronic carriers detected through annual screenings, according to a study published online March 22 in UEG Journal.
Laura... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - April 4, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Start of a New Trend? Hepatitis C Cases Drop in the U.S.
(MedPage Today) -- New U.S. hepatitis C infections dropped slightly in 2022, a surprising improvement after more than a decade of steady increases, federal health officials said Wednesday.
Experts are not sure whether the 6% decline is a statistical... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - April 4, 2024 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Hepatitis C cases dropped in the US. Health officials unsure if it's a blip or trend
Federal health officials say that new U.S. hepatitis C infections dropped slightly in 2022 (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - April 3, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Telehealth Improves Hepatitis C Treatment in Patients With Opioid Use Disorder
(MedPage Today) -- Facilitated telemedicine integrated into an opioid treatment program led to better hepatitis C virus (HCV) cure rates compared with usual referral-based care, a randomized clinical trial showed.
In an intention-to-treat analysis... (Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry)
Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry - April 3, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
What is the infected blood scandal and how many people died?
Thousands were infected with HIV and hepatitis C, in the worst treatment disaster in NHS history. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - April 2, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Promising First-In-Human Phase 1B Clinical Study Data from VRON-0200, a Novel, First-in-Class Checkpoint Modifier Immunotherapy for Chronic Hepatitis B Virus Functional Cure, Presented as Late-Breaker at 2024 APASL Global Liver Meeting
Highlights from the Data Presentation Initial safety data presented on the first 10 chronically HBV-infected patients representing 674 patient days of treatment VRON-0200 was well tolerated, with no serious adverse events (SAEs) observed: no patients discontinued treatment one treatment... (Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals)
Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals - March 28, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: TRI Source Type: news
DURECT Corporation Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2023 Financial Results and Provides Business Update
- Ongoing Communication with FDA to Align on Next Steps for Larsucosterol in Alcohol-Associated Hepatitis - Webcast of Earnings Call Today, March 27th at 4:30 p.m. ET CUPERTINO, Calif., March 27, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- DURECT Corporation (Nasdaq: DRRX) today announced financial results for... (Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals)
Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals - March 27, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: ERN Source Type: news
Hepatitis C Treatments on the Horizon
WebMD looks at the treatments that may be available for hepatitis C in the next few years. (Source: WebMD Health)
Source: WebMD Health - March 26, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Ultrasound model predicts liver disease progress
A predictive model combining multiple ultrasonic parameters could discriminate between different liver diseases in a study published March 19 in Radiology.
A team of researchers led by Fangyi Liu, MD, from the Chinese PLA General Hospital in Beijing, found that their multiparametric ultrasound model can predict metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH) in patients with metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease (MAFLD), regardless of hepatitis B virus infection status.
“These findings are important for noninvasive assessment of the MAFLD disease process,” the Liu team wrote.
Previous studies ...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 20, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Amerigo Allegretto Tags: Clinical News Ultrasound Genitourinary Radiology Source Type: news
