by John Dillon, The Conversation Since the 1970s, liver disease in the UK has increased by more than 400%, particularly in people under 65—in marked contrast to all other major causes of death which have been decreasing in younger age groups. This epidemic has been driven by alcohol, obesity and hepatitis C. The liver is...
Tag: <span>Hepatitis C</span>
Post
Study proves hepatitis C drugs reduce liver-related deaths by nearly half
OUT OF THE SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER DALLAS – Aug. 9, 2019 – A new study from the UT Southwestern Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center demonstrates that antiviral drugs for hepatitis C reduce liver-related deaths by nearly 50% in patients with a history of liver cancer. The finding builds on a December 2018 study by the same researchers who...
Post
UW Medicine: 12 patients saved with Hep C transplant protocol in Year 1
Posted Today In the first year of a new protocol, UW Medicine specialists transplanted 13 patients with donor organs – seven hearts and six livers – from people who had active hepatitis C before they died. “Twelve people are alive today who may not have survived otherwise because they didn’t get a donor,” said Dr. Ajit Limaye. He directs the Solid Organ Transplant Infectious Disease Program, whose team is charged with ensuring...
Post
Overwhelming evidence shows hepatitis C treatment effective for people who inject drugs
Researchers are calling on an end to discriminatory health and illicit drugs policies, based on overwhelming evidence that new hepatitis C therapies are effective at curing the virus in people who inject drugs. Electron micrographs of hepatitis C virus purified from cell culture. Scale bar is 50 nanometers. Credit: Center for the Study of Hepatitis...
Post
Direct-acting antivirals effective for hepatitis C in seniors
(HealthDay)—For older patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV), direct-acting antiviral (DAA) therapy is effective, according to a study published online May 25 in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. Chiara Mazzarelli, M.D., from King’s College Hospital in London, and colleagues conducted a retrospective review involving individuals aged 65 years and older treated with DAA therapy for HCV. Participants were...
Post
Immune system does not recover despite cured hepatitis C infection
Changes to the immune system remain many years after a hepatitis C infection heals, a new study by researchers at Karolinska Institutet, Sweden, and Hannover Medical School, Germany, shows. The findings, presented in Nature Communications, increases understanding about chronic infection and the way it regulates and impacts composition of the immune system. Infection with hepatitis C virus (HCV)...
Post
Hepatitis C guideline recommends screening for all people born 1945-1975
A key recommendation in a new Canadian guideline on managing chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) is to screen all people born between 1945 and 1975 for the disease, a departure from previous guidelines. The guideline, which contains comprehensive recommendations for diagnosing and managing the disease in diverse patient populations, is published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association...
Post
Dibenzoazepine found to be effective against resistant hepatitis C
(Upper panel) Val223 and Phe258 of SPP interacts with the inhibitors for SPP and γ-secretase. (Lower panel) The inhibitor prevents proliferation of protozoa in toxoplasma infected mice. The inhibitor also ameliorates liver steatosis induced. Hepatitis C is caused by a highly infectious virus affecting millions across the globe and can lead to a variety...
Post
Egypt, once top Hep C sufferer, draws cure seekers
Electron micrographs of hepatitis C virus purified from cell culture. Scale bar is 50 nanometers. Like millions in Egypt, Ahmed Nada suffered silently from Hepatitis C. But the country is turning from the world’s most afflicted by the disease to a global destination for those seeking a cure. Nada, 31, only learned that he...
Post
How is hepatitis C transmitted?
Hepatitis C is a virus that affects how a person’s liver works. When someone has the hepatitis C virus, they may experience an acute hepatitis C infection, which is a relatively mild illness. However, most cases of hepatitis C are only found once the illness has become chronic, by which time an individual may have it for...