Liver Disease in the News 

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For the Week of November 21:

Liver Transplant Can Give Some Alcoholics a Second Chance, Says French Study
ABC News

AASLD: Hepatitis C Now Bigger Killer than HIV
Medpage Today

Lab Variables Predict Clinical Outcomes in Hepatitis C
Doctors Lounge

Study: Live Liver Donors Have Troubles Years Later
Fox News

Sector Snap: Hepatitis C Drug Developers Advance
CBS News

Health of Recipients and Quality of Donor are Greater Factors in Survival than Metabolic Factors
KCTV5

Largest Ever Genetic Study of Liver Function Could Point the Way to New Treatments
Sciencenewsline

For the Week of October 6:

Hepatitis C Patients Likely to Falter in Adherence to Treatment
Sciencenewsline

High Risk of Salvage Transplant Failure Post Liver Resection
Doctors Lounge

Pre-Liver Transplant Serum Ferritin Level Predicts Mortality
Doctors Lounge

New Tiered Sharing Policy Suggested for Liver Transplants
Doctors Lounge

For the Week of September 8:

Variable Survival Benefit of Radioembolization in HCC
Doctors Lounge

Saffron takes on cancer
Science News

Five Strategies Suggested to Reduce HCC Recurrence
Doctors Lounge

Radioembolization Improves Chance of Survival for Liver Cancer ...
Science Daily

Vertex, Merck face little payer pushback with newly marketed HCV drugs
Financial Times

For the Week of August 11:

Read the Drug Labels, Avoid Dangerous Side Effects
USA Today
 
Metabolic Syndrome Increases Primary Liver Cancer Risk
Doctors Lounge

Coimbatore Hospital to Open Clinic for Liver Diseases
The Times of India

For the Week of July 28:

Higher BMI Predicts Clinical Decompensation in Cirrhosis
Doctors Lounge

Medical Minute 7-25: Preserving Donor Livers: The New Technique
WCTV

Metabolic Syndrome Increases Risk of Both Major Types of Primary Liver Cancer
Science Daily

Hepatitis C Strain Poses Severe Threats, but Treatment Undergoes 'Huge Advance'
NY Daily News

Report: UPMC Needs to Up Transplant Survival Rate
Pittsburgh Live

Vaccination Rates Up for Those With Liver Disease, Diabetes
MD News