Scientists a step closer to drug treatment for hepatitis B Anjali Nimesh Nimesh21 Jun 2017 11:23 AM ISTA major new insight into how Hepatitis B Virus works could pave the way for new drug treatments for the infection which is the major cause of liver...
First two-dose Hepatitis B vaccine approved Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli11 Nov 2017 8:00 PM ISTUS Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a hepatitis B vaccine called Heplisav-B (Dynavax) that is the first and only two-dose vaccine for...
More than one third of U.S. HIV patients don't get hepatitis B vaccination Anjali Nimesh Nimesh26 Dec 2017 7:10 PM ISTDespite their high risk for infection, more than one-third of U.S. HIV patients fail to get vaccinated for hepatitis B. The findings are published in...
Guidelines for use of Antiretroviral agents in Adults and Adolescents with HIV Anjali Nimesh Nimesh12 Feb 2018 7:01 PM ISTThe Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Panel on Antiretroviral Guidelines for Adults and Adolescents (the Panel) , a working group of the...
90% of hepatitis B patients unaware of their disease : Lancet Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli29 March 2018 7:02 PM ISTThe 69th World Health Assembly approved the Global Health Sector Strategy to eliminate viral hepatitis by 2030. Despite the fact that no virological...
Study findings could lead to better treatment of hepatitis B Vinay Singh singh6 Jun 2018 7:05 PM ISTResearchers have gained new insights into the virus that causes hepatitis B according to a study published in the journal eLife. Hepatitis B virus...
Aspirin reduces risk of liver cancer in hepatitis B patients Hina Zahid5 Oct 2018 7:15 PM ISTDaily aspirin was associated with a significantly reduced risk in hepatitis B virus‐related liver cancer, finds a new study. The study was presented...
Case Study of necrosis of fingers and toes Hina Zahid1 Jan 2019 6:00 PM ISTA case of Necrosis of fingers and toes has appeared in NEJM.Dr Yoshinori Taniguchi, at Kochi Medical School, Nankoku, Japan and colleagues have...
A case of Leishmania infantum reported in NEJM Hina Zahid1 Feb 2019 10:50 AM ISTA case of Leishmania infantum has been reported by Dr Giuseppe G. Loscocco, at the University of Florence, Florence, Italy and colleagues and has...
Acute liver failure management: Catalan Society of Digestology Guideline Medha Baranwal Baranwal18 Aug 2019 7:00 PM ISTThe Catalan Society of Digestology has released clinical guidelines for the management of acute liver failure (ALF).The guideline, published in the...
Promising new drug for Hep B tested safe and effective Anjali Nimesh Nimesh9 Nov 2017 7:30 PM ISTResearch at the Southwest National Primate Research Center (SNPRC) on the campus of Texas Biomedical Research Institute helped advance a new treatment...
