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The Hepatitis Vaccine That Does Double Duty
People who have Hepatitis C and have not been vaccinated against Hepatitis A or Hepatitis B could benefit from the combined hepatitis vaccine....

Medical Spas May Pose Hepatitis Risk
Since medical spas are offering more treatments involving the use of needles, the potential for Hepatitis C transmission is rising. Learn about some of the spa treatment techniques that pose hepatitis transmission dangers, as well as five ways to increase...

Hepatitis B Treatment May Reduce Pancreatic Cancer Risk
While several theories are attempting to explain the connection, scientists are unsure why those with Hepatitis B appear to have a 2 1/2 fold increase in risk for developing pancreatic cancer. Once the link is understood, Hepatitis B treatment may...

High Prevalence of Sleep Disturbance in Cirrhosis

Fig. 1. Examples of actigraphy of (A) a healthy control and (B) a cirrhotic patient with unsatisfactory sleep over three consecutive days. Each day is shown in one panel, with activity data in the upper trace. Based on the analysis of the activity data it is possible to estimate wake (upper horizontal line of the middle trace) and sleep (lower horizontal line of the middle trace) periods during the time spent in bed (horizontal line of the lower trace).

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