The clinical team at the Center for Liver Disease and Transplantation (CLDT) at NYPH and Columbia University reports that living donor liver transplants produce a significantly higher 1 year and three year survival rate than decesased donor transplants. Living donor transplant recipient survival rates exceed 90% for living donors. By contrast, deceased donor one year [...]
Filed under Liver Disease - medical developments, Liver Disease in the news by on Jun 28th, 2010. Comment. 
A lot of times when we discuss liver disease, we combine all of the variations into one category. Liver disease is a chronic condition with limited treatment options and absolutely no cure. Although the disease itself damages the liver in its own way, the various conditions leading to the development of the severe illness are [...]
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In order to diagnose whether a patient suffers from liver fibrosis or cirrhosis, an invasive biopsy, with less than reliable results, is conducted. This usually consists of an evaluation, blood work, ultrasound, and the actual biopsy. There is new technology out of France, however, that may change all of that. The FibroScan allows physicians to [...]
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A recent study shows that drinking coffee can slow the progression of liver disease. The study focused on patients with Hepatitis C-related bridging fibrosis or cirrhosis. Those patients who did not respond to standard treatments seemed to benefit from increased coffee intake. Interestingly, this beneficial effect in slowing the progression of liver disease was not [...]
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It turns out that people with liver disease are at greater risk of having a severe case of the H1N1 (swine flu) virus. So if you have liver disease and experience a sudden onset of flu-like symptoms, immediately contact your doctor. An anti-viral medication can be dispensed to you. If you do think you may [...]
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