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Over-50s and vulnerable urged to join antiviral Covid-19 trial

Adults over the age of 50 and people with underlying health problems who get Covid-19 are being urged to join a trial testing antiviral drugs. Officials have said that antiviral drugs – which can help alleviate symptoms and prevent people from ...

25 Jan 2022 at 07:25

Charity sounds alarm over ‘worrying rise’ in liver cancer

Health experts have expressed concern over the “worrying” rise in liver cancer cases after figures suggest cases have rocketed by 45% over the last decade. The British Liver Trust said there has also been an increase in liver cancer deaths – ...

27 Oct 2022 at 01:01

NHS on-the-spot liver scans identify hundreds at risk of cancer

An NHS programme to deliver on-the-spot scans to people at risk of liver cancer has identified hundreds of people with disease that needs further checks. Roaming trucks have visited cities including Bristol, Liverpool, London, Brighton and ...

11 Mar 2023 at 00:01

Drugs for advanced breast cancer could help patients with rare condition

Drugs for advanced breast cancer could help patients with rare cancer

Drugs that target advanced breast cancer could be beneficial for patients with a rare cancer that affects parts of the digestive system, a trial has found. Tucatinib and trastuzumab work by blocking a protein known as human epidermal ...

24 Oct 2024 at 06:50

Over 50s and vulnerable urged to join antiviral Covid-19 trial

25 Jan 2022 at 01:26

Parents of three-year-old cancer patient urge others to opt in to organ donation

The parents of a three-year-old with liver cancer are urging families to proactively “opt in” to registering their child for organ donation. Katie and Graham Tatham, from London, are hoping for a donor for their son Ralph, who ...

05 Sept 2023 at 08:50

News

What you need to know about child hepatitis

Health officials are investigating a surge in hepatitis cases among children in the UK. Since the start of the year, 111 youngsters have required hospital treatment for liver inflammation (hepatitis), with the majority of ...

26 Apr 2022 at 15:55

Liver dialysis device safe and effective for treating liver failure – study

Researchers have completed the first successful in-patient trial of liver dialysis. The DIALIVE device, invented by researchers at UCL’s Institute for Liver and Digestive Health, was found to be safe and effective, ...

31 May 2023 at 23:01

Health & Wellbeing

Hepatitis B and C could cause ‘significantly higher cancer risk’ than smoking daily pack of cigarettes

People living with hepatitis B (HBV) and hepatitis C (HCV) could be just as likely or more likely to develop cancer than someone smoking a pack of cigarettes a day, new research suggests. According to the Center ...

28 Jul 2023 at 10:36

Family

My children said their goodbyes: Mum’s remarkable recovery after third transplant of liver that was being ‘eaten away’

A mum who was so unwell she forgot who her family were and her children “said their goodbyes” as her liver was being “eaten away” due to an auto-immune disease is now back to work and planning a holiday after ...

07 Aug 2023 at 07:00

Hayden Panettiere says she turned to liver specialist amid addiction

Hayden Panettiere has said she consulted a liver specialist after her face became “swollen” and she developed jaundice amid her alcohol and opioid abuse. The 33-year-old Heroes and Nashville star previously ...

18 Apr 2023 at 12:37

Test could transform liver transplants by predicting complications – scientists

A new test could allow medics to predict the chances of liver transplants developing complications afterwards in less than 10 minutes, scientists have said. A prototype electrochemical biosensor is being ...

11 Aug 2022 at 01:01

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