How hepatitis A virus causes liver injury decoded supriya kashyap kashyap17 Sept 2016 2:11 PM ISTNew York : It is an immediate, intrinsic response of the hepatitis A virus (HAV) infected cell that results in liver inflammation, a new study...
Acute Liver Failure - Standard Treatment Guidelines supriya kashyap kashyap25 Nov 2016 9:20 AM ISTAcute Liver Failure (ALF) is defined as acute hepatitis (elevation in AST/ALT) accompanied by elevation in INR >1.5 and any degree of mental...
Statins helpful in chronic liver disease: Review of Studies supriya kashyap kashyap28 March 2017 11:03 AM ISTStatin drugs are widely used to manage high cholesterol and reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease. But in a new review of more than 50 studies,...
Magnetic Resonance Elastography accurate in measuring liver fibrosis in kids supriya kashyap kashyap13 May 2017 9:24 AM ISTWashington D.C. [USA] : Researchers have determined that magnetic resonance elastography (MRE) can be an accurate, non-invasive tool to identify liver...
Inflammatory bowel disease in childhood associated with increased risk of cancer : BMJ Anjali Nimesh Nimesh21 Sept 2017 10:05 AM ISTThe increase persists into adulthood, and has not fallen since the introduction of modern drug therapies for inflammatory bowel disease. However, the...
Fight infection with diet !! Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli26 Sept 2017 10:25 AM ISTToo much dietary manganese an essential trace mineral found in leafy green vegetables, fruits and nuts promotes infection of the heart by the...
Metformin clinically found useful in patients with CKD, CHF or chronic liver disease Anjali Nimesh Nimesh28 Sept 2017 10:30 AM ISTA systematic review has been conducted by Crowley MJ et al. with a purpose to synthesize data addressing outcomes of metformin use in populations...
Man develops severe liver damage after Epsom salt naturopathy Anjali Nimesh Nimesh11 Oct 2017 3:19 PM ISTA 38-year-old man developed serious liver damage after taking epsom salts to treat gallstones, reveal doctors in the journal BMJ Case Reports.The...
Pregnancy Rates on the rise among Women with Chronic Liver Disease Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli26 Oct 2017 7:15 PM ISTA new study presented this week at The Liver Meeting – held by the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases – found that the overall...
Can You Inherit a Fatty Liver? Anjali Nimesh Nimesh26 Oct 2017 7:05 PM ISTSerum metabolites associated with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease may be heritable, according to research presented this week at The Liver Meeting —...
Combining Ultrasound & alpha fetoprotein level improve liver cancer detection by 40 Percent Anjali Nimesh Nimesh11 Feb 2018 7:10 PM ISTIt is well known that Liver Cancer is on the rise and the fastest increasing solid-tumor cancer in the U.S. and earlier detection is important to...
FDA approves Doptelet for thrombocytopenia patients with chronic liver disease Medha Baranwal Baranwal22 May 2018 7:20 PM ISTThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given its approval to Dova Pharmaceuticals's Doptelet (avatrombopag), a thrombopoietin (TPO) receptor...
