Hepatology

AFTER years of drinking excess alcohol, alcoholic cirrhosis can occur. However, researchers at the Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis…

HEPATOCELLULAR carcinoma (HCC) is the most common type of primary liver cancer and is most prevalent in those with chronic liver diseases such as cirrhosis

HEPATITIS B virus (HBV) vaccinations protect through immunological memory, i.e. the vaccine ‘trains’ the immune system…

THE LARGEST survey of liver disease patients in the UK has revealed that half of the respondents did not exhibit symptoms prior to their diagnosis…

ASPIRIN could be an effective therapy in reducing the risk of liver cancer and liver-related death in patients with chronic viral…

MINIMUM unit pricing (MUP) was first introduced in Scotland in 2018, raising the price per unit of alcohol to 50p. Now, experts…

BACTERIOPHAGES have been used to successfully treat alcoholic liver disease in mice in a recent study…

I should not be alive to write this. It took a medical miracle, the world’s first ever cure for a virus, and some close timing. It also took me pushing…