Cirrhosis

Many with hepatitis C don't get needed follow-up tests, CDC says

2013-05-08 10:35:00

Half of all patients who have tested positive for hepatitis C have not had follow-up testing to see if they are still infected, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That means many people are living with the disease and not...

Larry Hagman dies at 81; TV's J.R. Ewing

2012-11-23 21:51:00

Fervor for the television show “Dallas” was intense in 1980, when the Queen Mother met actor Larry Hagman and joined the worldwide chorus asking: “Who shot J.R.?” “Not even for you, ma’am,” replied Hagman, who...

Frank Edward Ray dies at 91; hero in Chowchilla school bus hijacking

2012-05-19 00:00:00

Frank Edward Ray, the school bus driver hailed as a hero for helping to lead 26 children to safety after a bizarre kidnapping in the San Joaquin Valley town of Chowchilla 36 years ago, has died. He was 91. Ray died Thursday in Chowchilla of complications...

Decline on autopsies may obscure understanding of disease

2011-05-17 18:05:00

Television crime shows have helped popularize autopsies, but in reality these postmortem exams are becoming rarer every year. Today, hospitals perform autopsies on only about 5 percent of patients who die, down from roughly 50 percent in the 1960s. That's...

Kerouac: 'Life is too sweet to waste on self propaganda'

2010-10-05 16:34:16

EGYPT: Hepatitis C infection reaches alarming figures

2010-11-08 16:32:21

Will 'Mad Men' cut six characters? And how should it kill them off?

2011-03-30 16:35:32

Old HIV drug found to produce rare liver problem, FDA says

2010-02-01 16:32:32

High-fructose corn syrup consumption may push fatty livers to the brink

2010-03-18 21:32:36

Dr. Charles S. Lieber dies at 78; researcher demonstrated that alcohol is a liver toxin

2009-03-18 00:00:00

Dr. Charles S. Lieber, who overturned conventional wisdom by demonstrating that alcohol is a toxin that can damage the liver and that alcoholism is a disease that can be treated, died March 1 at his home in Tenafly, N.J. He was 78 and had been battling...

Dock Ellis, former major league pitcher who counseled drug addicts, dies at 63

2008-12-21 00:00:00

Dock Ellis, the former major league pitcher who claimed to have thrown a no-hitter while on LSD but later turned his exploits into the basis of an anti-drug crusade and counseling career, died Friday of liver disease at County-USC Medical Center. He was...

Read this over coffee

2009-05-18 00:00:00

Coffee drinkers, rejoice! The heavenly brew, once deemed harmful to health, is turning out to be, if not quite a health food, at least a low-risk drink, and in many ways a beneficial one. It could protect against diabetes, liver cancer, cirrhosis and...

Judy Ramer of Funkstown has nonalcoholic cirrhosis of the liver. She said her health has been declining in the last year. She is hoping to receive a liver transplant.

2013-03-19 00:00:00

Ramiro Salgado, 68, has diabetes , cirrhosis and high blood pressure . He was in the hospital for six days before coming to the care center. See full story

2011-08-19 07:00:00