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Three University of Massachusetts Amherst scientists have received a four-year, $1.2 million EUREKA grant from the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study folding and misfolding of secretory proteins in the cell's protein factory, the endoplasmic reticulum, where misfolding can lead to diseases such as cystic fibrosis and liver cirrhosis...
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At least 23 million European Union (EU) citizens are currently living with hepatitis B or hepatitis C,[i] both cancer-causing viruses...
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Inhibitex, Inc. (Nasdaq: INHX), announced that it has successfully completed a Phase1a, first-in-man, single ascending dose trial of INX-189, its nucleotide polymerase inhibitor in development for the treatment of chronic hepatitis C (HCV) infections. In this trial, 42 healthy volunteers received either a single oral dose of INX-189, ranging from 3 mg to 100 mg, or placebo...
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Responding to the decision by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) not to recommend sorafenib (Nexavar®) as a treatment for advanced liver cancer, Mike Hobday, Head of Campaigns at Macmillan Cancer Support, said: 'We are extremely disappointed that NICE has decided not to recommend sorafenib as a treatment for people with advanced liver cancer...
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Abbott (NYSE: ABT) announced it has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market the Abbott RealTime HBV assay for measuring viral load or the amount of hepatitis B virus (HBV) in a patient's blood. It is the first and only approved test capable of automating HBV viral load testing from sample extraction to final results...
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Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak became Michigan's third liver transplant center on Aug. 31. A 59-year-old man from Royal Oak was the first patient to receive a liver transplant through Beaumont's new multi-organ transplant program. Under the leadership of Alan J. Koffron, M.D...
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By dipping plain cotton cloth in a high-tech broth full of silver nanowires and carbon nanotubes, Stanford researchers have developed a new high-speed, low-cost filter that could easily be implemented to purify water in the developing world. Instead of physically trapping bacteria as most existing filters do, the new filter lets them flow on through with the water...
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Compliance with practice guideline-recommended treatment for cirrhosis is associated with a reduction in first esophageal variceal hemorrhage (EVH; bleeding), according to a new study in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, the official journal of the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) Institute. Cirrhosis is a condition in which the liver is permanently scarred or injured...
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By creating diseased liver cells from a small sample of human skin, scientists have for the first time shown that stem cells can be used to model a diverse range of inherited disorders. The University of Cambridge researchers' findings, which will hopefully lead to new treatments for those suffering from liver diseases, were published in The Journal of Clinical Investigation...
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ZymoGenetics, Inc. (NASDAQ:ZGEN) announced enrollment has been completed in the Phase 2b clinical trial with PEG-Interferon lambda and ribavirin in chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. ZymoGenetics is investigating PEG-Interferon lambda in collaboration with Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (NYSE:BMY) for the treatment of HCV infection...
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Great excitement greeted the discovery a few years ago that certain cells from mice and humans could be reprogrammed to become inducible pluripotent stem cells (iPS cells), as they hold promise for cell replacement therapy and modeling human disease...
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Many diagnostic and treatment options have been developed for chronic liver disease during the last 40 years, yet their influence on survival remain unclear...
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Researchers have managed to convert skin from individuals with metabolic diseases into liver cells using stem cell technology, according to an article published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation. This research will allow scientists to determine precisely what is happening in a diseased liver cell, then try out potential treatments...
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Celsion Corporation (Nasdaq: CLSN), a leading oncology drug development company, announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has designated the HEAT Study of its investigational drug, ThermoDox®, in combination with radiofrequency ablation (RFA), as a Fast Track Development Program...
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Pharmasset, Inc. (Nasdaq: VRUS) announced that dosing has begun in a Phase 2b study of PSI-7977, a nucleotide analog polymerase inhibitor for the treatment of chronic hepatitis C (HCV)...
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Cumberland Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Nasdaq: CPIX) announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has extended its review of the supplemental new drug application (sNDA) for the use of Acetadote® (acetylcysteine) Injection in patients with non-acetaminophen acute liver failure...
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Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: VRTX) announced results from the Phase 3 ILLUMINATE study, which was designed to evaluate whether there was any benefit to extending therapy from 24 to 48 weeks in people whose hepatitis C virus (HCV) was undetectable at weeks 4 and 12 of treatment (extended rapid viral response or eRVR)...
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Researchers at the University of Michigan and Arbor Research Collaborative for Health, both in Ann Arbor, have identified geographic variation as a key factor accounting for disparities in access to liver transplantation among racial and ethnic groups...
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Have you ever felt under the weather but the doctor has been unable to diagnose what is wrong with you? Have you ever shared your partner's toothbrush or borrowed your friend's razor? It is possible that you could be suffering from a disease which often goes untested. It is estimated that over half a million people in the UK are living with hepatitis B or C without knowing it...
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Radioactive yttrium-90 labelled resin microspheres (SIR-Spheres; Sirtex Medical, Sydney, Australia) appear to be a safe and effective treatment for patients with colorectal cancer liver metastases who have failed available chemotherapy options, according to the final results of a prospective clinical multi-centre phase II trial conducted by the Italian Society of Locoregional T...
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Patients who receive a liver transplant due to alcoholic liver disease need to demonstrate periods of abstinence and often attend addiction treatment before transplantation. However, alcohol use disorders can recur, as can other diseases requiring transplantation, and thus alcohol use after liver transplantation is not uncommon...
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Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital found that patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) who carry an allele of the PNPLA3 gene have an increased risk of developing advanced disease, including nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), fibrosis, and cirrhosis...
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Being lulled into a feeling of well-being after drinking alcohol is not a sign that drinkers remain uninfluenced by it. Medindia Health News - Alcoholic liver disease
A new study in Australia has found that babies born to women, who are hospitalized for alcohol-related reasons during prMedindia Health News - Alcoholic liver disease
Ethnic minorities may have particular problems with alcohol use, yet may not be seeking help, warns a senior psychiatrisMedindia Health News - Alcoholic liver disease
An experienced Psychiatrist has pointed out inherent alcohol problems that Ethnic minorities undergo, albeit silently, sMedindia Health News - Alcoholic liver disease
Youngsters, especially teenagers who sport T-shirts, hats and other wares that seem to carry an alcohol brand name on itMedindia Health News - Alcoholic liver disease
Researchers conducted a new study and found that smoking makes it harder for a person to recover after alcohol consumptiMedindia Health News - Alcoholic liver disease
In the direction of development of prosthetic limbs researchers at University of Texas have developed artificial, super-Medindia Health News - Alcoholic liver disease
Ambien is a sleeping pill. But lately it is has been listed in the top 10 list of drugs found in impaired drivers. WiscoMedindia Health News - Alcoholic liver disease
Gerhard Gmel at the Alcohol Treatment Center at the Lausanne University Hospital and the Swiss Institute for the PreventMedindia Health News - Alcoholic liver disease
A new drug might be able to reduce the harmful effects caused to babies by mothers who consume alcohol during pregnancy,Medindia Health News - Alcoholic liver disease
Alcohol consumption is related to liver malfunction and now it has another danger lurking behind it: cancer.According toMedindia Health News - Alcoholic liver disease
A new study conducted by David Flora, PhD of the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (now at York University), andMedindia Health News - Alcoholic liver disease
More and more people in the UK are turning to smoking and alcohol to overcome stress connected with IT-related problems Medindia Health News - Alcoholic liver disease
More than 19.2 million U.S. workers have been found to work under the influence of alcohol according to an extensive stuMedindia Health News - Alcoholic liver disease
The risk for alcohol dependence is greatly increased if an individual has a variant form of a gene that controls the bitMedindia Health News - Alcoholic liver disease
It is feared that people in Britain have increased the alcohol intake and liver cirrhosis is an important cause of deathMedindia Health News - Alcoholic liver disease
A study has been published by Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research which has revealed that raising the prices Medindia Health News - Alcoholic liver disease
Alcohol is responsible for 60% of the diseases across the world, according to the Center for Social Research on Alcohol Medindia Health News - Alcoholic liver disease
Party alcohol hangovers cannot be cured by taking medications reports a study published in British Medical Journal. ReseMedindia Health News - Alcoholic liver disease
A new study at the Karolinska Institutet, Sweden reveals shocking results that all the people who had consumed alcohol bMedindia Health News - Alcoholic liver disease
In Australia a research headed by Dr Michael Fenech studied the damage of excess alcohol on human DNA.
The rMedindia Health News - Alcoholic liver disease
Contrary to popular belief that drinking one or two glasses of alcohol helps in heart disease, a New Zealand study claimMedindia Health News - Alcoholic liver disease
A new study reveals that the risk for a road traffic accident is significantly greater following consumption of even verMedindia Health News - Alcoholic liver disease
A john Hopkins study reveals that women with a strong family history of alcoholism are more likely to ignore advice on cMedindia Health News - Alcoholic liver disease
That alcohol is a deadly potion was brought home in a very uncomfortable manner when it was announced that George Best, Medindia Health News - Alcoholic liver disease
Adult children of alcoholic mothers face health risks, say researchers.
Researchers led by Rosa Alati from UniversityMedindia Health News - Alcoholic liver disease
A dreaded yet common disorder of infants is the foetal alcohol syndrome caused due to consumption of alcohol by pregnantMedindia Health News - Alcoholic liver disease
Researchers from Queen's University have found a new simple test that measures the eye movement of the child which wouldMedindia Health News - Alcoholic liver disease
In what is a huge indictment of the hormone replacement therapy (HRT), Swedish scientists at the Karolinska Institutet sMedindia Health News - Alcoholic liver disease
That alcohol is the culprit in many of the illnesses affecting man was generally known. It has now emerged that addictioMedindia Health News - Alcoholic liver disease
Impaired problem solving, visual spatial processing, memory, and cognitive proficiency are consequences of severe alcohoMedindia Health News - Alcoholic liver disease
Impotence, testicular atrophy, gynecomastia, and loss of sexual interest have often been associated with alcoholism in mMedindia Health News - Alcoholic liver disease
Drinking beer and alcohol increases the risk of colorectal tumours, while drinking wine in moderation lowers the risk, aMedindia Health News - Alcoholic liver disease
In a study conducted on factors that predispose to drinking habits, it has been established that a child's tendency to dMedindia Health News - Alcoholic liver disease
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the most common cause of chronic liver disease in many countries. No proven Medindia Health News - Alcoholic liver disease
Alcohol is considered not good for health as it induces lot of alterations in the metabolism of the body. Drinking beer Medindia Health News - Alcoholic liver disease
Using an alcohol-based hand sanitizer gel significantly reduces the spread of gastrointestinal infections in the home. /Medindia Health News - Alcoholic liver disease
Alcoholic people may die from more of tobacco related infections. However, a new study by the researchers of Mayo ClinicMedindia Health News - Alcoholic liver disease
Research is underway to explore the link between alcohol and certain type of cancers, which will perhaps help understandMedindia Health News - Alcoholic liver disease
A new guide to help physicians identify and treat patients with alcohol disorders have been launched by National Insti
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Speakers at the Congress for the International Society for Biomedical Research on Alcoholism in Mannheim, Germany, whi
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A study conducted at University of Heidelberg in Mannheim, concludes that women appear to develop alcoholic brain damage
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Drinking continuously for a short time can affect your memory and your learning capabilities.
A new study d
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Women may have less tolerance to alcohol intakes than men, suggests a research report made public at the Digestive Disea
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In a study published in the journal Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental, researchers of University of Chicago have f
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To analyze the benefits of alcohol consumption and cardiovascular disease researchers studied nearly 2,500 seniors ages
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New research shows consuming large quantities of alcohol may increase the risk of developing an irregular heartbeat.
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A new study shows moderate consumption of alcohol may cut the rate of reblockage following surgery to open clogged arter
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In a new study conducted on nearly 2,000 men and women, age 55 and older researchers used magnetic resonance imaging to
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Some studies suggest heavy drinking increases the risk of dementia , some find light to moderate drinking may protect ag
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Naltrexone, also known as ReVia, is an approved drug for the treatment of alcohol dependence. But one of the problems wi
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There has been a great deal of controversy over whether drinking alcohol negatively affects bone health in women. A new
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Researchers say taking antioxidants during pregnancy may prevent birth defects in babies born to women who abuse alcohol
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Researchers say increasing alcohol consumption may be partly to blame for patients suffering from acute pancreatitis. Ac
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A new study shows Beer and liquor significantly increase the risk of gout. Wine connoisseurs fear not. However the consu
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New research indicates that even light to moderate drinking should be avoided as it may interfere with learning and memo
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A new study shows alcohol consumption may benefit the cardiovascular system in seniors by lowering blood levels of in
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Scientists believe they have found a gene that predisposes people to become alcoholics. According to results from a stud
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In a study involving identical and non-identical twins, researchers conducted telephone interviews with 1,213 sets of ma
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A new study was conducted by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health on nearly 2,000 men and women, age 55 a
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New research suggests you may want to leave the alcohol at home next time you head to the beach. It may contribute to pa
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Although alcohol can initially help someone fall asleep, it can also disrupt sleep in the latter part of the night, repo
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A study indicated an epilepsy drug would help alcoholics quit drinking. Texas Health Center researchers have found that
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A study published in the March issue of the journal Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research reported that alcohol
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A recent study reported by researchers in the Journal of Hypertension indicates that hypertensive patients could reduce
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A study published in the New England Journal of Medicine suggested that moderate drinking may reduce the risk of heart d
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Breast cancer has been associated to many risk factors like age, hormone replacement therapy and obesity, together with
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Many studies published in the recent past have argued about the implications of Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) on wom
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According to a new study out of Texas suggests the characteristics of women married to alcoholic men may play a role in
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According to some researchers at the University of Chicago,restoring alcoholics have impaired stress responses that lead
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Patients in hospital who smoke and have a history of alcohol problems have poorer general and mental health. Doctors sur
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According to a new study carried out by researchers at Erasmus University in the Arizona moderate consumption of alcohol
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Daily moderate consumption of alcohol, which has already been shown to help prevent heart disease and strokes, may also
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According to a new study alcoholics are prone to a kind of disability. Researchers at Pope University, have found the ef
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The Food and Drug Administration approved naltrexone for the treatment of alcoholism in 1994. At that time, the only oth
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Scientists believe a common liver disease may be caused by the production of alcohol within the body.
Fatty liver diso
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Moderate drinking may actually improve brain power, according to Japanese research.
It is thought that an ingredient o
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A largest study on how alcohol affects the brain in elderly people was carried out by researchers in the USA. Nearly two
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Even small amounts of alcohol consumption is linked with deliquent behaviour of the chilren later in life,according to t
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"Heavy alcohol consumption might exaggerate brain shrinkage in social drinkers. Chronic heavy alcohol consumption should
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