17/02/2010 | Doctors are being urged to evaluate patients with type 2 diabetes for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease after a study found it increases the overall risk of death.
03/02/2010 | Patients with gastric ulcers are at increased risk of pancreatic cancer, but the association is not the same for duodenal ulcers, a large prospective study finds.
03/02/2010 | The first Australian case of acute liver toxicity caused by an over-the-counter herbal weight loss supplement has been reported by two Sydney-based physicians.
20/01/2010 | New research has found a non-invasive test that determines the presence and severity of liver disease may be better than existing methods to predict liver cirrhosis in patients with chronic hepatitis B.
11/11/2009 | We have recently updated our newsletter distribution technology and are sending the newsletter from a new email address.
23/10/2009 | The important role obesity plays in NAFLD needs to be acknowledged, according to a panel discussion at the AGW annual conference.
22/10/2009 | The majority of hepatitis B patients have a genotypic resistance to antiviral therapy, results of the CHARM study show.
14/10/2009 | Laparoscopic major liver resections are feasible as long as the patient is carefully selected and the surgeon is experienced, a study of international outcomes finds.
14/09/2009 | Australian scientists have added to research linking the IL28B genotype with response to pegylated interferon-alfa/ribavirin treatment in patients with chronic hepatitis C.
12/09/2009 | Sexual impairment is common among men with chronic hepatitis C undergoing therapy with pegylated interferon and ribavirin and should be considered as a potential side effect of antiviral therapy, a study finds.