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Recent research has shown that alcohol use during the early stages of direct-acting antiviral treatment was not linked to reduced odds for achieving sustained virologic response (SVR) in patients with chronic HCV infection.

Waitlist outcomes are improved by living donor liver transplantation for high-risk patients with cirrhosis, according to a recent study. This study aimed to assess the impact of access to LDLT in waitlisted patients at highest risk of dropout.

Higher triglyceride levels have been linked with incidence of moderately severe and severe acute pancreatitis in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. The complications of this hypertriglyceridaemia included organ failure and acute peripancreatic fluid collection.

According to recent research, using wet wipes to clean patients with catheters who are bedridden leads to fewer catheter-associated urinary tract infections. Read more.

New research suggests that patients with prostate cancer treated with radiotherapy may have an increased risk of developing bladder cancer or lung cancer.

Vitamin D levels have been linked with an increased risk for atrial fibrillation, according to Xiaoli Ding, Gannan Medical University, China, and colleagues. This analysis incorporated data from five prospective cohorts. Read more.

The results of the Cardiac CARE trial reveal that troponin-guided carvedilol and candesartan intervention did not show any discernible impact on preserving cardiac function in patients undergoing chemotherapy.

We fondly remember Linda Cardozo OBE, Professor of Urogynaecology, and Consultant Gynaecologist at King’s College Hospital, London, UK.