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microscopy of liver,H&E stain, showing evidence of Alcoholic Hepatitis: fatty change, cell necrosis, Mallory bodies:image from PEIR – University of Alabama at Birmingham Department of Pathology http://peir2.path.uab.edu/scripts/acdis.dll?cmd=see&fp=/dbif/PEIR/00009688.tif&fmt=jpg&q=100&h=512 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
New approach will help avert major increases in liver disease and deaths in the U.S.
All U.S. baby boomers should get a one-time test for the hepatitis C virus, according to final recommendations published today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. One in 30 baby boomers – the generation born from 1945 through 1965 – has been infected with hepatitis C, and most don’t know it. Hepatitis C causes serious liver diseases, including liver cancer (the fastest-rising cause of cancer-related deaths) and is the leading cause of liver transplants in the United States.
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