Tuesday, July 7, 2015

New Treatment Cures Hepatitis C - Pills Are ‘Revolutionary,’ Liver Expert Says

New Treatment Cures Hepatitis C
Pills Are ‘Revolutionary,’ Liver Expert Says
By Lori Newman, Special to Lifescript
Published July 07, 2015

Reviewed by Edward C. Geehr, M.D., Lifescript Chief Medical Officer
The future is much brighter for people with a hepatitis C diagnosis, thanks to breakthroughs in the treatment of the deadly viral liver infection.

“The treatments we [have now] are revolutionary in terms of tolerability and ability to get over 90% of patients cured,” says Tram T. Tran, M.D., medical director of liver transplantation at the Liver Disease and Transplant Center at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.

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