All the news Showing 10 of 75 articles from: Living with HCVGet an RSS feed of these articles Show All news infohep newsEditors' picks from other sources Governance at hepatitis C group Positive Action ‘seriously flawed’ Irish Times / 23 January 2017 Glecaprevir/pibrentasvir effective for people with hepatitis C and severe kidney disease Liz Highleyman / 22 December 2016 A two-drug pangenotypic regimen combining AbbVie's glecaprevir and pibrentasvir demonstrated a high sustained response rate for people with chronic hepatitis C who have severe kidney impairment, according to results from the EXPEDITION-4 study ... Curing hepatitis C may help reduce kidney disease progression Liz Highleyman / 20 December 2016 People who achieved sustained virological response to interferon-based hepatitis C treatment experienced significantly less decline in kidney function, especially if they had liver cirrhosis, according to study findings presented at the 2016 AASLD ... HCV and Alcoholism: How Two Diseases and Their Treatments Go Hand-In-Hand Healio / 22 November 2016 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 ... Even low levels of alcohol consumption increase the risk of liver cancer for people with HCV infection with compensated cirrhosis Michael Carter / 05 September 2016 Low-to-moderate alcohol consumption is associated with an increased risk of liver cancer for people with hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection with compensated cirrhosis, investigators from Belgium report in the Journal of Hepatology. Five-year incidence ... Diabetes is a risk factor for the development of liver cancer for people with cirrhosis successfully treated for HCV Michael Carter / 04 July 2016 Diabetes is a strong risk factor for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in people with hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection who have received successful treatment for the infection, Swedish investigators report in Clinical Infectious Diseases. ... Fighting the War on HCV Within the Veterans Health Administration System HCV Next / 21 June 2016 Primrose Healthcare Launches an Innovative Alcohol App to Help Hepatitis C Patients Overcome Alcohol Addiction Business Wire (press release) / 24 May 2016 High Cholesterol Intake Linked to Higher Liver-Related Deaths in Women with Hepatitis C HCP Live / 22 February 2016 ← Prev1...23456...8Next → Other pages in this section Latest news All the news Hepatitis A Hepatitis B Hepatitis C Transmission and prevention Diagnosis and monitoring Disease course and symptoms HCV and coinfections Living with HCV Treatment issues Side effects Therapies Liver transplants 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