An infectious diseases expert warns in this week’s BMJ that the failure of the UK to introduce universal hepatitis B immunization means that most UK citizens are susceptible to infection.
Despite a call by the World Health Organization for the global introduction of vaccine prevention programms, the UK is one of the few developed countries that […]

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Researchers of Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minn have developed new ultrasound and magnetic resonance (MR) imaging tests which could detect liver initial stages of fibrosis (scarring) and cirrhosis, reducing the need for biopsies. The new technique, named MR elastography, is non-invasive and measures reactions to mechanical shear waves, rather than ultrasound vibrations.
The test […]

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