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Fat-Soluble Statins May Alter Liver Ca Risk in Chronic Hepatitis
Data from a nationwide population with confirmed viral hepatitis suggest that fat-soluble statins may exert unique, class-specific hepatoprotective effects. Medscape Medical News
10 hours ago - Medscape
Top stories in infectious disease: FDA approves first tuberculosis drug developed by non-profit; CDC OKs new testing algorithm for Lyme disease
The top stories in infectious disease last week were the FDA's approval of the first tuberculosis drug developed by a non-profit organization for resistant infections and the...
13 hours ago - Healio - 4 articles
Patient-reported outcomes greatly altered by HCV treatment results
In a follow-up analysis of participants in clinical trials, researchers found that patient-reported outcome scores increased in patients who achieved sustained virologic...
13 hours ago - Healio - 2 articles
Hepatitis E infections up; Irish warning cites pork as contributor
The Health Protection Surveillance Center in Ireland has issued a warning about hepatitis E and undercooked pork following an increase in the number of people infected during...
23 hours ago - Food Safety
Liver dysfunction provokes cerebral molecular disturbances in two weeks
The liver plays a vital role as a filter in the human body. But what happens when it malfunctions? Researchers from the Universities of Geneva and Lausanne, the Vaud University...
1 day ago - News Medical - 2 articles
When a diseased liver disrupts the brain
The liver plays a vital role as a filter in the body. But what happens when it malfunctions? Researchers performed a detailed analysis of hepatic encephalopathy. The scientists...
1 day ago - ScienceDaily - 2 articles
Premature Babies Lag in Vaccinations
Preterm babies were more than 20 percent less likely to have had required shots by 19 months.
1 day ago - NY Times
Publisher's Platform: Hey, Washington State Health Authorities and Restaurants, make me proud and let's vaccinate against Hepatitis A
Last week the Washington State Department of Health declared an outbreak of hepatitis A in multiple counties in people who are living homeless or who use drugs. The outbreak...
3 days ago - Food Safety
DAAs cost-effective for reducing HCV in people who inject drugs
Scaling up access to direct-acting antivirals, or DAAs, is the most cost-effective intervention for reducing hepatitis C virus among people who inject drugs when only health...
4 days ago - Healio
Markers Predict Mortality in Patients With Symptoms of Yellow Fever
Disease markers for yellow fever such as older age, high neutrophil count, high hepatic aspartate aminotransferase, and high viral load are linked to high mortality. Early...
5 days ago - Medindia Health
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Researchers use electrical stimulation to improve depression symptoms
Patients with depression may experience improvements in their symptoms if they tried a new electricity-based stimulation therapy. Developed by North Carolina-based researchers...
Prevent cancerous tumors naturally with time-restricted eating
Cutting back on calories may help prevent breast cancer. To achieve the best anti-cancer effect, researchers recommend a time-restricted diet in which women only eat at certain...
Novel T-cell Subset Linked to Type 1 Diabetes Discovered
The frequency of circulating peripheral T helper cells was observed to be increased both in children with recently diagnosed type 1 diabetes and in healthy children who later...
Do you often get up in the middle of the night to pee? You may have blood...
Nocturia is a condition characterized by the frequent need to get up and urinate at night. This condition is often seen in older people and is the most common cause of sleep...
Living in areas with high pollution can DOUBLE your risk of developing...
Scientists in Taiwan found long-term exposure to nitrogen dioxide - a pollutant that is especially linked to old diesel cars - increased the risk of AMD among over-50s by 91...
Some antibiotics linked to a higher risk of colon cancer
Scientists at Johns Hopkins University found that people who developed bowel cancer were more likely to have taken penicillin. But tetracyclines may have protective effects for...
Task Force Updates Breast Cancer Recommendations
New recommendations from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force may help clarify who can benefit most from a risk assessment test. Now, if a woman has a high risk, the task...
It Takes Years for Heart to Recover from Smoking
Experts have long thought that an ex-smoker's risk of heart attack, stroke, heart failure or death from heart disease returns to normal within five years.
Vaping Linked to Impaired Vascular Function
Vaping was found to damage blood vessels even when the solution does not include nicotine, stated new study.
The UK and US have the HEALTHIEST packaged foods in the world, finds review
The UK ranked 2.83 out of five, followed by the US with 2.82 in an analysis of more than 400,000 products across the globe by researchers at the University of Oxford.