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BEIJING (Reuters) - Imprisoned Chinese AIDS activist Hu Jia is suffering from a serious disease, possibly liver cancer, his wife said on Thursday after making a formal appeal to security forces to release him on medical parole.Hu's mother saw a suspected diagnosis ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. scientists have identified a new class of drugs that appear to block the hepatitis C virus from replicating in laboratory experiments, researchers said on Wednesday.The team discovered activity within a key protein of the hepatitis C virus (HCV) ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A few cups of coffee everyday may help slow the progression of liver disease associated with long-term infection with the hepatitis C virus, a new study hints.Researchers found that among 766 patients with hepatitis C-related liver damage, ...
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Two standard treatments for hepatitis C work equally well at knocking down the virus for most patients, U.S. researchers reported on Wednesday.The findings, from a 3,000-patient comparative effectiveness study, are meant to help guide doctors' decisions about which treatments ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The amount of fat accumulated around internal abdominal organs appears to affect the likelihood of a recurrence of liver cancer following treatment, Japanese researchers report.Dr. H. Yoshida of the University of Tokyo and colleagues came to this ...
HELSINKI (Reuters) - The WBA heavyweight title fight between Nikolai Valuev of Russia and Ruslan Chagaev of Uzbekistan scheduled for Saturday has been canceled, a spokesman for the promoters said on Friday. "The title match between Valuev and Chagaev had been canceled ...
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Pollutants may be contributing to a sharp increase in the number of cases of liver disease, U.S. researchers said on Friday.They said as many as a third of U.S. adults showed signs of having liver disease not caused by ...
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Rhythm and blues singer Natalie Cole, who has been battling Hepatitis C, received a new kidney in Los Angeles and is resting comfortably, her spokeswoman said on Wednesday.Cole, the 59-year-old daughter of R& B legend Nat "King" Cole, ...
