In a study to identify risk factors for hepatocellular carcinoma among women, increasing parity was determined to be protective. Reuters Health Information
Researchers have found that increased coffee drinking reduces the risk for liver fibrosis in people with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. Medscape Medical News
Uma Mahadevan-Velayos, MD, discusses the latest information in regard to biologic therapies for inflammatory bowel disease, as based on key data presented during ACG 2008. Medscape Gastroenterology
African-American patients are approximately twice as likely as their Caucasian counterparts to die following major hepatectomy, US researchers report. Reuters Health Information