 January 25, 2006
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Liver News: Bye-Bye Biopsies?
A simple new liver test is raising hopes of an alternative to the pain and riskiness of biopsies for sufferers of hepatitis C—at a time when hepatitis-related liver disease is the leading cause of death for Americans with HIV. Some hep-savvy skeptics are not convinced, though, that the still-experimental machine is up to the task.
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January 17, 2006
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SMART Doc Cal Cohen: Are The Med Holidays Over?
Last week, POZ learned that the three-year-old treatment interruptions study known as Strategies for Management of Antiretroviral Therapy (SMART) had discontinued its “no treatment” arm because of a higher incidence of AIDS-related events in that group. So we checked in with Calvin Cohen, MD...
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January 11, 2006
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Milk Thistle Gone Sour?
An herbal remedy called milk thistle that’s a favorite among people with liver problems is under the gun from a new study that questions its effectiveness—but may be less conclusive than recent headlines suggest.
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| January 04, 2006
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