Study finds safer, more efficient medication for hepatitis B treatment

kavin submitted, created time 6 months 1 week (esciencenews.com)

Patients with hepatitis B who did not respond to lamivudine therapy had a better virological response after switching to entecavir for a year. Continuing the drug for an additional year led to even more clinical improvement without significant side effects, according to a new study in the July issue of Hepatology, a journal published by John Wiley & Sons on behalf of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD). The article is also available online at Wiley Interscience (www.interscience.wiley.com). Chronic hepatitis B is the tenth leading cause of death worldwide

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USA300, a New ‘Gay Disease’?

DanyC submitted, created time 11 months 2 weeks (www.newsweek.com)

One Australian newspaper, referring to a study about an antibiotic-resistant bacterial infection affecting homosexual men in San Francisco and other American cities.
Maybe it's a big bomb in the field of "gay" infection.

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500,000 Chinese die of hepatitis B annually

BIOBOSS submitted, created time 1 year 8 months (www.bionews.in)

Beijing, April 9 - China has the world’s largest population of hepatitis B patients, said an official of the Chinese Hepatitis Prevention Foundation (HPF) here.

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