Hepatology

Elderly patients infected with the hepatitis C virus (HCV) can be treated with direct-acting antivirals (DAA) safely and effectively, according to new…

Chronic liver diseases take many forms; alcohol-related liver disease (ALD) and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) are two common illnesses that…

Blood could become far more accessible following the discovery of a group of enzymes that are able to turn any type of blood into type O, which can be…

The purpose of the meeting was to work towards unified best practice in the treatment of primary biliary cholangitis (PBC). This centred on a theme of…

A new scoring system can predict which patients with decompensated cirrhosis caused by hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection would benefit the most from…

Statins are reported to be underutilised in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) patients, according to a recent study by researchers at the New…

Portal hypertension (PH) is associated with the majority of severe complications occurring in liver cirrhosis, and an increase in hepatic vascular…

As the rates of obesity increase worldwide, the prevalence of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) has risen and it is now the most common cause of…