Palliative management in end-stage liver disease Early palliative interventions, including reviewing regular medicines and managing common symptoms, enables patients to remain comfortable during end-of-life care.…
Proton pump inhibitors linked to liver disease, researchers find Researchers have found evidence that use of proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) may cause changes to gut bacteria that can promote liver disease.…
Direct-acting antivirals successfully treating hepatitis C, says Public Health England Public Health England is urging the public to get tested for hepatitis C after its latest figures revealed a fall in deaths from the disease, which it attributed to the introduction of direct-acting antiviral therapy.…
European conditional approval given for rare liver disease drug The European Medicine Agency’s (EMA) Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has recommended a new drug to treat a rare and potentially lethal liver disease for conditional marketing approval across the EU. Obeticholic acid (Ocaliva; Intercept Pharma) has been re…
Obeticholic acid gets US approval for rare liver disease The US Food and Drug Administration has approved a new drug called Ocaliva (obeticholic acid) for patients with primary biliary cholangitis. …
Viral suppression restores life expectancy in hepatitis C-related cirrhosis Study shows sustained virologic response in patients with hepatitis C and cirrhosis dramatically improves survival.…
FDA approves first treatment for stem cell transplant patients who develop rare liver condition The US Food and Drug Administration has approved a new treatment for hepatic veno-occlusive disease, a rare and life threatening liver condition that can develop in cancer patients who undergo hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.…
Targeting hepatitis C — how new treatments work There are >185 million people with hepatitis C infection worldwide but new treatments mean that most people with access to therapy can now be cured. …
Patients taking isotretinoin for acne may not need monthly blood tests Patients who receive oral isotretinoin for acne do not need to be monitored with monthly blood tests, say the authors of a meta-analysis. …
Diabetes treatment effective in liver disease Almost two fifths of patients given liraglutide had resolution of the common liver disease called NASH.…
