#cholesterol

People who used cholesterol-lowering medications had a 40% lower risk for liver disease progression.

Excess cholesterol can cause liver scarring and inflammation.

Excess weight, which is often linked to metabolic abnormalities, can contribute to a wide variety of health problems.

The diabetes medication, alone or in combination regimens, led to improvements in NASH and fibrosis.

This rapid regimen could open the door for more transplantations of HCV-infected organs.

Users can receive checkup reminders for cholesterol tests and mammograms, among other benefits.

February is American Heart Month. When was the last time you had your cholesterol levels checked?

Protease inhibitors, including those used for hep C, and various other drugs may cause drug-drug interactions with statins.

Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis, or NASH, is a form of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.

Viking Therapeutics’ investigational drug is called VK2809.

Having a low CD4 count was also associated with the liver condition in a recent small study.

A speedy overview of the major scientific findings presented at the International AIDS Conference in Amsterdam (AIDS 2018)

Highlights from HIV and hepatitis C research presented at the 2018 Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) in Boston

A look at the relationship between hepatitis C and cholesterol.

This finding calls into question the importance of the one differentiation between alcoholic and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.

Hepatitis C advocate Peter McLoyd transformed his bad times into good ones.