Hepatitis B

Hepatitis B is a potentially serious form of liver inflammation due to infection by the hepatitis B virus (HBV). It occurs in both rapidly developing (acute) and long-lasting (chronic) forms, and is one of the commonest chronic infectious diseases worldwide.

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- More cases of hepatitis D reported from Sabarkantha in Gujrat - 6.5
- Hepatitis B hits men harder than women due to an abnormal protein - 5.7
- HIV positive have good survival rate after liver transplant - 5.4
- New hope for hepatitis C sufferers - 4.9
- Incivek for hepatitis C infection is approved in US - 4.7
- Hepatitis C declines health with liver disease - 4.5
- New biomarker predicts response to hepatitis C treatment - 4.4
- Positive results of Albuferon in Chronic Hepatitis C - 3.9
- Obesity enhances liver cancer risk - 2.2
- A new drug may improve Hepatitis C - 2.2

Hepatitis B articles

Incivek for hepatitis C infection is approved in US
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Incivek (telaprevir) to treat certain adults with chronic hepatitis C infection. Incivek is used for patients who have either not received interferon-based drug therapy for their infection or who have not responded adequately to prior therapies.

A new drug may improve Hepatitis C
In a dramatic finding, a new drug for hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections that targets liver cells produced a substantial drop in blood levels of the virus in animals and continued to work up to several months after treatment, say scientists at the Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research (SFBR) in San Antonio.

Hepatitis B hits men harder than women due to an abnormal protein
Researchers are trying to explain the long-standing mystery of why the hepatitis B virus (HBV) sexually discriminates -- hitting men harder than women.

HIV positive have good survival rate after liver transplant
HIV positive and HIV negative patients have comparable survival rates following liver transplant, according to new research presented today at EASL 2009, the Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Liver in Copenhagen, Denmark.

More cases of hepatitis D reported from Sabarkantha in Gujrat
Nearly dozen fresh cases of Hepatitis-D were reported from 3 different blocks of Sabarkantha district in Gujrat, where the liver disease has claimed 57 lives.

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What is Hepatitis B
Hepatitis B is a potentially serious form of liver inflammation due to infection by the hepatitis B virus (HBV). It occurs in both rapidly developing (acute) and long-lasting (chronic) forms, and is one of the commonest chronic infectious diseases worldwide.

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