Genetic Cause for Fatal Response to Hepatitis A Discovered

Posted in General Support group on Wed, 21 Aug 2019

A genetic mutation that caused an 11-year-old girl to suffer a fatal reaction to infection with the Hepatitis A virus (HAV) has been identified by researchers. The study published...Read More

Chronic Hepatitis B Infections Mounting in Europe Since 2008

Posted in Hepatitis B Support group on Wed, 21 Aug 2019

Hepatitis B infection is still a significant health burden affecting millions of people across Europe since 2008. However, timely diagnosis and treatment can reduce the burden of chronic hepatitis B i...

Nanotechnology Delivers Oral Hepatitis B Vaccine

Posted in Others Support group on Wed, 21 Aug 2019

How a nanotechnology-based compound delivers intact antigen present in an oral vaccine against hepatitis B to the immune system was demonstrated by Brazilian and European researchers....Read More

Hepatitis E: High-risk Areas Mapped

Posted in General Support group on Wed, 21 Aug 2019

The first world map of regions with the highest prevalence of the hepatitis E virus (HEV) has been created by EPFL scientists. They hope that their map - freely available online -...Read More

World Hepatitis Day - ‘Find the Missing Millions’

Posted in Hepatitis A Support group on Wed, 21 Aug 2019

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Apolipoprotein Promotes Hepatitis B Virus Infection

Posted in General Support group on Wed, 21 Aug 2019

Targeting human apolipoprotein E (apoE) was found to be the key to eliminating hepatitis B virus, according to a study published in the open-access journal PLOS Pathogens by Luhua Qiao and Guangxiang ...

Hepatitis C Drugs can Decrease Liver-related Deaths by Nearly Half

Posted in Others Support group on Wed, 21 Aug 2019

Antiviral drugs for hepatitis C decrease liver-related deaths by nearly 50 percent in patients with a history of liver cancer, reveals a new study. The findings of the study are published in the journ...

Playing Online Brain Games can Improve Older Adults Mental Performance

Posted in Others Support group on Tue, 20 Aug 2019

Older adults who played online brain training games showed similar brain functionality as younger people, reveals a new study. The findings of the study are published in the journal Proceedings of the...

World COPD Day - ‘Never Too Early, Never Too Late’

Posted in Others Support group on Sun, 18 Aug 2019

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India Joins Global Diabetes Policy Forum to Tackle Diabetes

Posted in General Support group on Sat, 17 Aug 2019

Experts from India participated in the Global Diabetes Policy Forum which issued a 200-day action plan for affected countries, in order to reduce the growing burden of Type 2 diabetes in the country. ...