Almost 36 million Americans have chronic kidney disease or CKD, and 9 out of 10 of those people don’t know they have it. Most people have a pair of kidneys, which are organs located below the ribs ...

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 ...

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is marked by the gradual loss of kidney function, which means the kidneys cannot filter waste and regulate water and acid in the blood as well as they should. Early in the ...

autoimmune liver disease care pathway guidelines ursodeoxycholic acid obeticholic acid Primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) is a chronic autoimmune liver disease. It continues to have a burden of ...

The original Rai system classification was divided into 5 stages from 0 to IV. The updated system now divides the disease into 3 stages 3: ...

Ipsen has been given accelerated approval by the FDA for Iqirvo, which becomes the first dual PPAR alpha/delta agonist for rare cholestatic liver disease primary biliary cholangitis (PBC).

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

Objectives Primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) is a rare chronic disease that presents challenges to both patients and ...

Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) like cardiovascular disease, chronic respiratory diseases, cancers, diabetes, and neuropsychiatric diseases cause significant global morbidity and mortality which ...

Though the two have similar symptoms, they require different ... July 17, 2023 — Chronic inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), such as Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, is on the rise worldwide.