Update from the Liver Meetings 2009

Joseph Galati — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 21:45:00 GMT

The 2009 annual meeting of the American Association for the Study of Liver Disease was last week in Boston. At this meeting, liver physicians and researchers from around the world converge to share the lastest information on liver disease, liver transplantation, and new drug development. This meeting is the largest of its kind, anywhere in the world.

Listed below are some of the more interesting findings presented at the meeting. A full review of articles can be found here.

New Hepatitis C Drugs Show Promise

Antibiotics Top Cause of Liver Failure

Vitamin E for Fatty Liver

Coffee Protective of the Liver

Acetaminophen Dosed Properly Save for the Liver

Acid Medicine May Promote Infection in Cirrhosis Patients

Obese Patients Do Well with Transplant

8-Nov-09 3:45 PM

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Update from the Liver Meetings 2009