In pregnant women, particularly from certain geographical areas in India, hepatitis E virus infection is more severe, often leading to fulminant hepatic failure and death in a significant proportion of patients. Liver International
GlaxoSmithKline is to donate up to an extra 400 million doses of its de-worming drug albendazole to the World Health Organization to treat children in Africa at risk of intestinal worms. Reuters Health Information
Patients with ulcerative colitis are more compliant with once-daily delayed-release mesalamine without a loss of efficacy in maintaining remission over the standard twice-daily regimen. Medscape Medical News
Approximately 50% of irritable bowel syndrome patients with bloating also experience an increase in abdominal girth. Are there specific reasons for this? Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics
Do HCV-RNA positive patients with recent diagnosis of their HCV infection who have not yet undergone antiviral therapy display significantly different QOL scores? Journal of Viral Hepatitis
