All the news Showing 10 of 10 articles.Get an RSS feed of these articles Show All news infohep newsEditors' picks from other sources People with diabetes or high alcohol consumption at higher risk of late hepatitis C diagnosis Keith Alcorn / 24 September 2021 People with diabetes and those with hazardous alcohol intake were significantly more likely to remain undiagnosed with hepatitis C and present with advanced fibrosis, a large number of people diagnosed with hepatitis ... Smoking threatens health gains from hepatitis C treatment, US researchers warn Keith Alcorn / 22 February 2018 People with hepatitis C in the United States are at least three times more likely to smoke than the general population but little is being done to help them stop ... Drinking three or more cups of coffee a day halves the risk of dying for people with HIV/HCV co-infection Michael Carter / 03 October 2017 Drinking three or more cups of coffee a day halves the risk of death from any cause for people with HIV/hepatitis C virus (HCV) co-infection, French investigators report in the ... People with HCV attaining SVR continue to have increased mortality risk but this is due to alcohol and drug use Michael Carter / 03 October 2016 Mortality rates among people with hepatitis C virus (HCV) who attain a sustained virological response after HCV treatment are approximately twice as high as those expected in the general population, Scottish investigators report ... High cholesterol diet more harmful to the liver for women with hepatitis C than men Keith Alcorn / 17 February 2016 A diet high in cholesterol appears more harmful to the liver, and is more strongly linked to liver-related death and liver transplantation, in women with hepatitis C and advanced fibrosis but not ... 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 ... Even moderate drinking increases risk of advanced liver fibrosis for people with HIV and HCV co-infection Michael Carter / 28 May 2014 Even moderate alcohol consumption is associated with an increased risk of advanced liver fibrosis for people living with HIV and hepatitis C virus (HCV) co-infection, investigators from the United States report in Clinical ... Drinking coffee halves the risk of liver cancer Michael Carter / 02 April 2013 Coffee consumption reduces the risk of liver cancer by approximately 50%, the results of a meta-analysis published in the online journal BMC Gastroenterology show. A total of 16 studies published before May 2012 ... Coffee consumption reduces side-effects in people on hepatitis C treatment Gus Cairns / 14 September 2011 Drinking three or more cups of coffee a day reduced the incidence of self-reported side-effects by more than 80% compared to non-coffee drinkers in people co-infected with hepatitis C and HIV who were taking ... Coffee drinking improves hepatitis C treatment response rate in mono-infected patients Michael Carter / 22 June 2011 Coffee drinking is associated with improved responses to hepatitis C therapy, US investigators report in Gastroenterology. After adjustment for other factors, drinking three or more cups of coffee per day increased the chances of ... ← 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