All the news Showing 6 of 6 articles from: Prognosis and disease progressionGet an RSS feed of these articles Show All news infohep newsEditors' picks from other sources 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 ... 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