All the news Showing 10 of 10 articles from: Prognosis and disease progressionGet an RSS feed of these articles Show All news infohep newsEditors' picks from other sources New York survey shows mortality, comorbidity risk higher in HCV vs. HBV Healio Hepatology / 30 August 2018 Elevated HBV surface antigen, viral load increases liver cancer risk Healio Hepatology / 06 December 2017 Many people in the US with chronic hepatitis B not being properly monitored Michael Carter / 26 August 2016 Many people with chronic hepatitis B (CHB) virus infection have infrequent medical monitoring, according to US research published in the online edition of Clinical Infectious Diseases. Analysis of the records of over 2000 ... Hepatitis B patients on long-term entecavir or tenofovir have low mortality, but liver cancer remains a risk Liz Highleyman / 03 June 2015 More than 95% of people with chronic hepatitis B were still alive after five years on antiviral therapy with entecavir (Baraclude) or tenofovir (Viread) and most deaths were due to non-liver-related causes, according ... Alcohol misuse the strongest predictor of severe liver damage and death in French people with hepatitis C Keith Alcorn / 28 April 2015 People with hepatitis C have a much greater risk of liver-related hospitalisation or death if they have an alcohol use disorder or another serious co-morbidity such as HIV infection, chronic kidney disease ... Deferring hepatitis C treatment can lead to liver cancer and death, despite cure Liz Highleyman / 05 March 2015 People with HIV and hepatitis C co-infection who delay hepatitis C treatment remain at risk for liver failure, hepatocellular carcinoma and liver-related death even after being cured – with outcomes worsening the ... Studies indicate protective effects of coffee for liver disease Healio Hepatology / 15 August 2013 EASL publishes first comprehensive literature review on the burden of liver disease in Europe Eurekalert Inf Dis / 22 February 2013 Doctors in Europe and the US disagree over the pace of liver fibrosis in men co-infected with HIV and hepatitis C Michael Carter / 13 June 2012 Doctors in Europe and the US have conflicting opinions about the pace of liver fibrosis in HIV-positive men with hepatitis C infection. In a study published in Clinical Infectious Diseases, European investigators ... Chronic hepatitis B infection associated with twice the risk of liver-related death compared to hepatitis C Michael Carter / 27 April 2012 The risk of death due to liver disease is twice as high for patients with chronic hepatitis B infection compared to individuals with chronic hepatitis C, US researchers report in the online edition ... ← First1Next → Other pages in this section Latest news All the news Hepatitis A Hepatitis B Hepatitis C Hepatitis D Hepatitis E Coronavirus NAFLD Treatment for hepatocellular carcinoma Transmission, epidemiology and prevention Health services, policy and advocacy Social issues Conference news Email bulletin archive