Salix to discuss XIFAXAN therapy for hepatic encephalopathy at AASLD 2010 Annual Meeting
November 22, 2017
This study evaluated the effect of intestinal decontamination with rifaximin (1200 mg for 4 weeks) on the long-term prognosis of 23 patients with alcohol-related decompensated cirrhosis and ascites. Five-year cumulative probability of survival data were obtained. Oral Presentation #22: Bajaj et al. "Rifaximin Improves Driving Simulator Performance in Minimal Hepatic Encephalopathy: A Double-blind, Placebo-controlled, Prospective Randomized Trial." Sunday, Oct. 31, 2010, 1:00 - 2:30 p.m...
An overview on American College of Gastroenterology's Annual Scientific meeting
November 21, 2017
A total of 93 patients who had a suspicion of CAD and were scheduled for cardiac catheterization were included in the study, "High Prevalence of Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) in Patients with Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD)," which found that among the 60 patients with available abdominal imaging, the prevalence of NAFLD was 30 percent."These patients who were found to have NAFLD were older, more commonly male, had higher weight and were also more commonly diabetic, hype...
Research reveals new details about health benefits of fish-oil
November 20, 2017
In related work, published in a 2009 article in Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition and Metabolic Care, Kelley and University of California-Davis graduate student Dawn Fedor reviewed results from several dozen EPA and DHA studies. In their review, the scientists indicate that findings reported in the past decade have been inconsistent in regard to the effects of EPA and DHA on insulin resistance in human volunteers. Their review underscores the need for new investigations, with larger numbers ...
Jennerex reports positive interim data from trial of JX-594 and sorafenib for liver cancer
November 19, 2017
"Our message is simple: Asian Americans need to get tested for hepatitis B," said Joan Block, Co-Founder and Executive Director, Hepatitis B Foundation. "People who test negative for HBV can be vaccinated against the disease, and effective treatments are available for those who test positive. But not knowing your status means that you are living with an increased risk of dying prematurely from liver cancer as well as unknowingly passing HBV on to your children and other love...
NHLBI stops trial evaluating new approach to reduce risk of recurrent stroke in children with sickle cell anemia
November 18, 2017
Sickle cell disease affects more than 70,000 Americans. It is seen mostly in persons of African descent, but also in individuals of Middle Eastern, Mediterranean, Central and South American, and Asian Indian heritage. New therapies have helped patients live into middle age and older. Sickle cell disease involves an altered gene that produces abnormal hemoglobin, the protein that carries oxygen in the blood. Red blood cells with sickle hemoglobin become C-shaped, stiff, and sticky when they relea...