HealthDay (5/23, Preidt) reports, “Body-building and weight-loss products are the types of dietary supplements most likely to cause liver injury,” according to research presented at the Digestive Disease Week meeting. “In this study, funded by the US Drug-Induced Liver Injury Network, researchers looked at 109 cases of patients who appeared to have suffered liver injury… Read more »
Month: May 2012
CDC Says Baby Boomers Should Be Tested For Hepatitis C
NBC Nightly News (5/18) reported, “The CDC wants all Boomers to be tested for a dangerous viral infection many don’t know they have: Hepatitis C.” The AP (5/19, Stobbe) reported, “CDC officials believe the new measure could lead 800,000 more baby boomers to get treatment and could save more than 120,000 lives.” According to… Read more »
Women With Psoriasis May Have Increased Risk For Crohn’s Disease
MedPage Today (5/16, Bankhead) reports, “Women with psoriasis had a four-fold increase in the risk of Crohn’s disease, according to data from two large cohort studies” presented at the Society for Investigative Dermatology meeting. “The Crohn’s risk held up in separate analyses of the two studies and in a combined analysis of data from both… Read more »
