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Hepatitis B Viral Levels May Soar When Vitamin D Drops

Insufficient serum levels of vitamin D, which ebb and flow with sun exposure, are associated with high levels of hepatitis B virus (HBV) replication in treatment-naive people who suffer from chronic infection.

Published
11 June 2013
From
Medscape (requires registration)
Hepatitis B
Antiretrovirals Linked to Liver Fibrosis

Despite hepatitis B virus suppression provided by current drugs, many patients coinfected with hepatitis B and HIV have advanced liver fibrosis, according to new research.

Published
17 May 2013
From
Medscape (requires registration)
New and experimental hepatitis C treatment
Combination Drugs are the Future of the European Hepatitis B and C Therapeutics Markets

A new analysis from Frost & Sullivan, "Analysis of European Hepatitis B and C Therapeutics Markets" finds that the Hepatitis B market earned revenues of $1.26 billion in 2012 and estimates this to reach $1.89 billion in 2019, while the Hepatitis C market is projected to expand from $2.40 billion to $3.66 billion over the same time period.

Published
01 May 2013
From
PR Newswire
Injecting drug use
Elevated prevalence of HIV and viral hepatitis in men injecting anabolic steroids

Addressing a topic that has received remarkably little research attention over the years, Dr Vivian Hope of Public Health England told the British HIV Association conference yesterday

Published
18 April 2013
By
Roger Pebody
Hepatitis C
Liver disease a major cause of illness and death across the EU: action needed to save lives

Liver disease is the cause of a considerable burden of illness across the European Union (EU), investigators report in The Journal of Hepatology. The authors calculate that 170,000

Published
16 April 2013
By
Michael Carter
Hepatitis B
Tenofovir and 3TC prevent new hepatitis B infections in gay men living with HIV

The inclusion of 3TC or tenofovir in antiretroviral treatment regimens reduces the risk of infection with hepatitis B virus (HBV) for gay men living with HIV who

Published
03 April 2013
By
Michael Carter
Cancer
Drinking coffee halves the risk of liver cancer

Coffee consumption reduces the risk of liver cancer by approximately 50%, the results of a meta-analysis published in the online journal BMC Gastroenterology show. A total of 16

Published
02 April 2013
By
Michael Carter
Hepatitis B
High maternal viral load key to vertical transmission of hepatitis B

High maternal viral load is the most important factor causing maternally transmitted hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection and is significantly correlated with e antigen (HBeAg) positivity, according to a prospective study from Taiwan.

Published
19 March 2013
From
Medscape (requires registration)
Hepatitis C symptoms and diagnosis
Expanding High Risk Population Drives European Hepatitis B and C Diagnostics Market

New analysis from Frost & Sullivan, Analysis of the European Hepatitis B and C Diagnostics Market, estimates revenues of the hepatitis B diagnostics to grow from $165.9 million in 2012 to $260.2 million in 2019 and hepatitis C diagnostics market to grow from $3,140.8 million in 2012 to $4,940.9 million in 2019, respectively.

Published
13 March 2013
From
PR Newswire (press release)
Medical procedures and other blood-borne exposure
NY aims to prevent unsafe injections

The Safe Injection Practices Coalition, a group of healthcare-related organizations including the CDC indicated since 2001, more than 150,000 patients in the U.S. were told they may have been exposed to hepatitis B, hepatitis C, or human immunodeficiency virus because providers followed unsafe injection procedures.

Published
12 March 2013
From
UPI.com
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