Gift of life
Courier Mail, Australia - May 19, 2006… Then, in 2003, the shattering diagnosis: she had primary sclerosing cholangitis, a disease that causes bile to build up in the liver. …

Autoimmune Hepatitis — Approach to Diagnosis
Medscape (subscription) - May 24, 2006… with hepatitis B or C viruses; and the chronic cholestatic disorders of primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) and primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) must be …

New liver cancer treatment offers hope 
Getting diagnosed with liver cancer can be devastating. According to the American Cancer Society, only nine-percent of liver cancer patients are expected

RNA Interference Stops Colon Cancer Spread in Mice 
Using one of the newest and most powerful tools of biomedical science, University of Texas Medical Branch researchers have scored a dramatic success in the battle against colorectal cancer. The scientists were the first to use what are known as “small interfering RNAs” to block the spread of human colorectal cancer cells implanted in laboratory mice.

Human Immunodeficiency Virus
Title: Human Immunodeficiency Virus
Category: Diseases and Conditions
Created: 12/31/1997
Last Editorial Review: 5/22/2006

I Beat the Cancer that Took My Breast.. Now I Want to Dance Again…
HEATHER CLARK’S body was her identity. As a lap dancer, she relied on her attractiveness for work and as a young woman, she gained confidence from her good looks.

Travel: Do You Need Vaccinations Before Traveling Abroad?
Title: Travel: Do You Need Vaccinations Before Traveling Abroad?
Category: Doctor’s Views
Created: 4/24/2006
Last Editorial Review: 4/24/2006

NHS ‘sitting on hepatitis C timebomb’
Publisher: Jon Land Published: 24/05/2006 – 10:42:19 AM Send to a friend NHS warned of ‘hepatitis C timebomb’ The NHS is failing thousands of people with hepatitis C and wasting millions of pounds every year, …

Liver Cancer (Hepatocellular Cancer) Prevention
Title: Liver Cancer (Hepatocellular Cancer) Prevention
Category: Health Facts
Created: 1/4/2006
Last Editorial Review: 1/5/2006

Asian-American Immigrants at High Risk for HBV Infection
MedPage Today, NJ - May 11, 2006… From 15% to 40% of people infected with HBV at an early age will subsequently develop chronic liver disease, the editors said, including cirrhosis and liver …

Hepatitis C Virus Infection in the United States, 1999 through …
Annals of Internal Medicine - May 15, 2006… occurring. People chronically infected with HCV may develop liver failure, severe scarring of the liver (cirrhosis), or liver cancer. …

World Cup fears over cheap drinks
Norwich Evening News, UK - May 23, 2006… availability and cost. He said: I am seeing younger people with cirrhosis of the liver caused by alcohol than before. The youngest …

Liver disease
HealthScout – Amebic liver abscess Autoimmune hepatitis Biliary atresia Cirrhosis Coccidioidomycosis; disseminated Delta agent (Hepatitis D) Drug-induced cholestasis Hemochromatosis Hepatitis A Hepatitis B Hepatitis C Hepatocellular carcinoma Liver cancer Liver

Safer Pill for Preventing Breast Cancer
KSLA – Doctors say preventing breast cancer in those most likely to get it is a little safer now. As we told you earlier this week, a study involving nearly 20 thousand women found a pill that seems to provides twice the benefit with fewer side effects

a possible cure for Hep C
I contracted Hepatitis C from a blood transfusion during surgery in 1979. I was 14 years old.

TUSTIN— AMDL Board of Directors Approves Acquisition of Two Chinese Pharmaceutical Companies
AMDL, Inc. , developer and marketer of tests for the early detection of cancer and other serious diseases, announced today that its Board of Directors has unanimously approved the stock purchase agreement for …

Travel: Do You Need Vaccinations Before Traveling Abroad?
Title: Travel: Do You Need Vaccinations Before Traveling Abroad?
Category: Doctor’s Views
Created: 4/24/2006
Last Editorial Review: 4/24/2006

Hepatitis B virus prevalent among Asians in NY 
Approximately 15% of Asians living in New York City are chronically infected with hepatitis B virus, according to a new study by New York University School of Medicine researchers and their colleagues.

Four million infected with hepatitis C in US
Reuters - May 15, 2006NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Findings from a nationwide study suggest that 4.1 million people in the US have been infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV), and …