All the news Showing 5 of 15 articles from: AASLD 2018Get an RSS feed of these articles Show All news infohep newsEditors' picks from other sources Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) Aspirin use associated with lower risk of liver cancer Liz Highleyman / 13 November 2018 Taking aspirin about twice a week for five years or more may reduce the risk of developing hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) by about half, according to research presented this week at the AASLD Liver ... Treatment outcomes Sofosbuvir/ledipasvir cures most young children with hepatitis C Liz Highleyman / 13 November 2018 Almost all young children ages 3 to 6 years with chronic hepatitis C achieved sustained virological response after 12 weeks of treatment using sofosbuvir/ledipasvir oral granules, according to findings presented at the ... Sexual transmission Hepatitis C is detectable in rectal and nasal fluid Keith Alcorn / 12 November 2018 High levels of hepatitis C virus (HCV) can be found in the rectal and nasal fluids of people with high hepatitis C viral loads even when blood is not present, Austrian researchers ... Kidney disease & HCV The incidence of diabetes, stroke and kidney disease falls after hepatitis C cure Keith Alcorn / 12 November 2018 The incidence of some of the most serious extrahepatic health problems caused by hepatitis C declines sharply after the infection is cured by antiviral treatment, a review of people treated for hepatitis ... NAFLD People with fatty liver disease are at greater risk for multiple cancers Liz Highleyman / 12 November 2018 People with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) were found to have higher rates of cancer, with the greatest increase observed for gastrointestinal cancers, according to findings presented yesterday at the 2018 AASLD Liver ... ← Prev12Next → 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