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House drug pricing bill to reduce costs, improve access to life-saving therapies
H.R. 3, the Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act passed by the House of Representatives today introduces critically needed and significant steps to reduce costs and...
1 day ago - News Medical
Patients with HCV responsive to alcohol intervention
Patients with current or prior hepatitis C infection were willing to engage in alcohol intervention including counseling and referral to treatment when encouraged by liver...
1 day ago - Healio
Cumulative sugar-sweetened beverage consumption is associated with higher concentrations of circulating ceramides in the Framingham Offspring Cohort
ABSTRACTBackgroundCeramides have been implicated in the pathogenesis of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Limited data exist on how habitual dietary intake of foods...
2 days ago - American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
Only 30% of youths with identified substance use tested for HCV
According to study results published in JAMA, during a nearly 6-year period, only 30% of 13- to 21-year-olds with identified opioid, cocaine or amphetamine use who accessed...
2 days ago - Healio - 2 articles
Alcohol use increases risk for clinically-defined NAFLD
Alcohol use was a significant risk factor for clinically-defined nonalcoholic fatty liver disease due to association with alcohol use and liver fat, according to recently...
2 days ago - Healio - 4 articles
Second retailer named in update on outbreak linked to blackberries
Two more patients have been confirmed and a second retailer has been named in relation to an outbreak of hepatitis A associated with fresh blackberries. The implicated...
3 days ago - Food Safety
Retreatment for HCV may require switching DAA inhibitor classes
Patients who failed to achieve sustained virologic response after initial treatment for hepatitis C achieved high cure rates during retreatment after switching from an NS5A...
3 days ago - Healio
Study uncovers need to improve HCV testing rates in young people
A new study led by Boston Medical Center uncovered a need to improve testing rates for Hepatitis C Virus in young people, specifically those with documented substance use history.
3 days ago - News Medical - 2 articles
One-time liver stiffness measurement can predict decompensation in PSC
A a single liver stiffness measurement and changes in liver stiffness over time correlated with hepatic decompensation in patients with primary sclerosing cholangitis...
4 days ago - Healio - 2 articles
HCV clearance improves aggressive lymphoma outcomes for African Americans
ORLANDO - African Americans with lymphoma and hepatitis C virus should be treated for both disease states to improve response to lymphoma treatment, with most improved results...
4 days ago - Healio
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Elderly Patients With Hypothyroidism Face High Risk of Death
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