More Liver, Pancreas & Biliary News

• Chinese Scientists Develop Database on the Liver

  Nov. 13 (HealthDay News) -- Chinese scientists report that they have created an extensive database ...

• Coffee May Slow Liver Disease

  Oct. 23 (HealthDay News) -- Coffee slows the progression of advanced liver disease in people ...

• Liver Cells Made to Order

  Oct. 15 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers have produced liver cells from the skin cells of ...

• Pancreatic Cancer Deaths Higher for Blacks

  Sept. 2 (HealthDay News) -- Blacks have a significantly higher risk of dying from pancreatic ...

• Zenpep Approved for Pancreatic Disorder

  Aug. 28 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Zenpep (pancrelipase) ...

• Top Hepatitis C Treatments Equally Effective

  July 22 (HealthDay News) -- A landmark hepatitis C virus study shows that the top ...

• Genetic Links to Rare Liver Disease Found

  June 10 (HealthDay News) -- Scientists have found genetic variations that appear to increase the ...

• Study Cites Gains in Gallbladder Cancer Treatment

  May 18 (HealthDay News) -- Patients with gallbladder cancer are surviving longer than they used ...

• Ethnicity May Drive Response to Obesity, Insulin Resistance

  March 4 (HealthDay News) -- Ethnicity may play a role in the likelihood of developing ...

• Liver Cirrhosis May Also Harm Brain, Heart

  February 17 (HealthDay News) -- Increased inflammation caused by cirrhosis of the liver might lead ...

• Hispanics Respond Poorly to Standard Hepatitis C Therapy

  January 14 (HealthDay News) -- The standard treatment for hepatitis C does not appear to ...

• More Than 60,000 Patients Risked Hepatitis Infections

  January 6 (HealthDay News) -- Failure to follow basic infection practices placed more than 60,000 ...

• New Criteria Could Expand Number of Liver Transplant Candidates

  December 5 (HealthDay News) -- Many patients with liver cancer who don't meet criteria used ...

• Hepatitis C Therapy Useless for Some

  December 3 (HealthDay News) -- Maintenance therapy using low-dose peginterferon doesn't help patients with advanced ...

• Antibiotics Largest Cause of Drug-Induced Liver Damage

  December 1 (HealthDay News) -- Antibiotics are the single largest class of drugs that cause ...

• New System Improves Distribution of Donated Livers

  November 25 (HealthDay News) -- Thanks to a new liver transplant allocation system that gives ...

• New Imaging Identifies Types of Liver Disease

  November 1 (HealthDay News) -- A new imaging technology called magnetic resonance elastography (MRE) is ...

• Standard Hepatitis C Treatment Cost-Effective for Prisoners

  October 23 (HealthDay News) -- Using the standard drug therapy of pegylated-interferon and ribavirin would ...

• Red Wine Compound May Slow Drinking-Linked Liver Condition

  October 17 (HealthDay News) -- The accumulation of fat in the liver caused by chronic ...