Monday, October 23, 2017

The Liver Meeting® 2017 - Hepatitis C cure leads to improved quality of life

Hepatitis C cure leads to improved quality of life
Liz Highleyman
Published:23 October 2017

People who were cured of hepatitis C with direct-acting antivirals (DAAs) had sustained improvements in their health-related quality of life, including both physical and mental health measures, according to study results presented at the AASLD Liver Meeting this week in Washington, DC.

These findings have important policy implications, showing that "treatment is not only about clinical benefit, but also about the patient experience," said presenter Zobair Younossi of Inova Fairfax Hospital in Virginia.

Read the article @infohep, here - http://www.infohep.org/page/3182893/

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