Primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) is a chronic, cholestatic liver disease characterized by progressive destruction of intrahepatic bile ducts, resulting in chronic cholestasis, portal inflammation ...

Background—Fatigue is a frequent and debilitating symptom in patients with primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC). Aims—To study fatigue in relation to sleep, depression, and liver disease severity.

Saroglitazar is under clinical development by Zydus Therapeutics and currently in Phase III for Primary Biliary Cholangitis (Primary Biliary Cirrhosis). According to GlobalData, Phase III drugs for ...

Readers respond to the question of how prayer or intention has helped them make it through periods of great physical pain.

These might seem like minor inconveniences, but for people with primary biliary cholangitis (PBC), formerly known as primary biliary cirrhosis they can be the first signs of liver disease. PBC is a ...

It is most widely used as an antipruritic agent in the autoimmune cholestatic liver disease, primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC). Rifampicin has been reported as causing hepatitis in patients being ...

For primary biliary cirrhosis, ursodeoxycholic acid is safe and is the first choice for treatment. Treatment of this autoimmune liver disease should also address various symptoms and complications ...

SGLT-2 inhibitors vs DPP-4 inhibitors were associated with a reduced risk for liver cirrhosis among patients with type 2 diabetes.

Medically reviewed by Jay N. Yepuri, MD Primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) is a progressive scarring of the liver's bile ...

Cirrhosis may also be caused by conditions other than hepatitis, including hemochromatosis (a hereditary iron overload disease); alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency, a hereditary absence of an enzyme; and ...

Biliary tract disease describes any disease that affects the biliary tract the gall bladder, bile ducts and accompanying structures. Examples include primary sclerosing cholangitis, secondary ...

The levels of interferon-gamma (IFN-γ) increases as the disease progresses in patients with primary biliary cholingitis (PBC), a study found.