Hepatitis C Perspective

• The Year's Top 10 Gastroenterology Articles Dr David Johnson comments on the latest recommendations and clinical studies that are reshaping how we treat some of the most common gastrointestinal disorders.
  Medscape Gastroenterology, December 19, 2018
• Viral Hepatitis: Five Highlights From the Liver Meeting Dr William Balistreri reports on the most important viral hepatitis news from this year's Liver Meeting.
  Medscape Gastroenterology, November 29, 2018
• Medscape Physicians' Choice: Top Hospitals for Key Conditions and Procedures (Non-cancer) Medscape surveyed more than 11,000 physicians to get their opinions on which hospitals they'd send family members to in order to have serious and complex conditions treated.
  Medscape Features Slideshows, September 19, 2018
• HCV: 6 Reasons in Favor of Antiviral Therapy During Pregnancy Dr Nancy Reau discusses factors that could potentially support the use of antiviral therapy during pregnancy to prevent mother-to-child transmission of hepatitis C virus infection.
  Medscape Gastroenterology, July 23, 2018
• Treating Alcoholic Liver Diseases Dr Rowen Zetterman on how promoting early alcohol abstinence, looking for comorbidities, and implementing other techniques may keep a bad situation from getting worse.
  Medscape Gastroenterology, July 16, 2018
• Affluence and Liver Cancer: What's the Connection?   Rising rates of liver cancer mortality parallel another health issue in the US--obesity.
  Medscape Internal Medicine, July 11, 2018
• DDW 2018 Read clinically focused news coverage of key developments from DDW 2018.
  Medscape Gastroenterology, May 29, 2018
• NAFLD Is a Growing Problem Recent guidance from the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases for the evaluation and management of patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease is profiled.
  Medscape Gastroenterology, May 18, 2018
• Viral Hepatitis Overview Video   The hepatitis virus invades liver cells and causes inflammation in the liver tissue. All of the types have slightly different presentations, symptoms and severity. Find out more in this video.
  Osmosis, April 20, 2018
• ILC 2018 Read clinically focused news coverage of key developments from ILC 2018.
  Medscape Gastroenterology, April 04, 2018
• Co-managing HIV, Hepatitis C, and Opioid Abuse Treating or even curing these infections isn't enough. Without treatment for opioid abuse, the patient will die.
  Medscape Infectious Diseases, January 23, 2018
• Treating Chronic Hepatitis C Infection in Primary Care New treatment guidelines aim to support primary care clinicians in the treatment of hepatitis C infection.
  Medscape HIV/AIDS, January 17, 2018
• Ongoing Trials Put Focus Back on Fatty Liver Disease Researchers at this year's Liver Meeting offered promising insights into nonalcoholic steatohepatitis and fatty liver disease. Dr William Balistreri surveys their results.
  Medscape Gastroenterology, December 11, 2017
• Hepatitis C Virus: Strategies for Prevention   Primary care physicians can help stem the spread of HCV infection through patient education and screening.
  Medscape TV, December 11, 2017
• Innovations Are Brightening Liver Transplantation Outcomes Dr William Balistreri recaps the breakthroughs that are increasing options for patients on the liver transplant waitlist.
  Medscape Gastroenterology, December 04, 2017
• Preventing Perinatal Transmission of Hepatitis B Dr William Balistreri surveys the latest guidelines and studies aiming to improve maternal and neonatal outcomes.
  Medscape Gastroenterology, November 14, 2017
• When Is Evidence Enough to Justify Widespread Screening?   Just because we can screen for important diseases like diabetes or hepatitis C—should we?
  Georgetown University Family Medicine, November 13, 2017
• Hepatitis C Virus: Dealing With Chronic Disease   Patients with advanced disease will need help beyond current therapy, including managing comorbidities and navigating transplant.
  Medscape TV, November 08, 2017
• Coffee May Increase Life Expectancy in Liver Disease Steep benefits! The latest data link coffee consumption to decreased morbidity and mortality in liver disease.
  Medscape Gastroenterology, November 07, 2017
• The Liver Meeting 2017: American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) Read clinically focused news coverage of key developments from AASLD 2017
  Medscape Gastroenterology, October 11, 2017