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VIDEO: Novel microcapsules show promise in hemophilia A with inhibitory antibodies
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- Amy Karon
SAN DIEGO – Novel microcapsules loaded with factor VIII outperformed systemic factor VIII infusions in models of hemophilia A with inhibitory...
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VIDEO: Y90 radioembolization beat chemoembolization in liver cancer
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- Amy Karon
Liver cancer took nearly four times longer to progress after yttrium-90 radioembolization than after conventional transarterial chemoembolization...
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Yoga holds up to medications, walking for irritable bowel syndrome
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- Amy Karon
Yoga may be a feasible and safe add-on therapy for patients with irritable bowel syndrome, based on a systematic review of six randomized...
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Mobile health indexes accurately detected active inflammatory bowel disease
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- Amy Karon
Mobile health indexes for remotely monitoring Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis accurately identified clinically active disease, and changed...
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Second course of rifaximin edges out placebo in IBS-D trial
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- Amy Karon
Patients with diarrhea-predominant irritable bowel syndrome who responded to rifaximin but relapsed after completing treatment were significantly...
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The Liver Meeting 2016 debrief – key abstracts
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- Amy Karon
BOSTON - Amid a plethora of quality research, several abstracts stood out at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Study of Liver...
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HCV patients with early-stage hepatocellular carcinoma can achieve SVR
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- Amy Karon
Among patients with hepatocellular carcinoma, rates of sustained viral response to direct-acting regimens for hepatitis C virus were 79% for...
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Metabolomics of liquid biopsies offer a comprehensive look at NAFLD
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- Amy Karon
BOSTON - Metabolomics of liquid biopsies noninvasively identified nonalcoholic fatty liver disease with and without steatosis, and assessed the...
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Sofosbuvir/velpatasvir improved patient-reported outcomes, knocked out HCV genotypes 1-6
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- Amy Karon
BOSTON – When given with ribavirin, a fixed-dose combination of sofosbuvir/velpatasvir (Epclusa) achieved a sustained viral response at 12 weeks (...
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NAFLD can regress with weight loss, activity
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- Amy Karon
BOSTON – All phenotypes of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease can progress or regress even without pharmacologic intervention, according to a...
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Tumor boards linked to improved survival in hepatocellular carcinoma
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- Amy Karon
BOSTON – Veterans were about 13% less likely to die within 5 years of hepatocellular carcinoma diagnosis when multidisciplinary tumor boards...
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SNP predicts liver cancer in hepatitis C patients regardless of SVR
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- Amy Karon
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Study eyed zinc for slowing progression of chronic liver disease
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- Amy Karon
BOSTON - Oral zinc supplementation was associated with maintenance of liver function and suppression of hepatocellular carcinoma in a...
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Study found no link between direct-acting antivirals, hepatocellular carcinoma
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- Amy Karon
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MBX-8025 yields ‘striking’ efficacy results but new safety signal in primary biliary cholangitis
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- Amy Karon
BOSTON - The investigational peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor delta agonist MBX-8025 exhibited a "striking anticholestatic effect"...