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Hepatitis E death toll hits 114
By Dennis Ojwee FOUR more people have died of Hepatitis E in Kitgum district, increasing the death toll to 114. This is out of a cumulative number of 7,331 people infected with the disease, according to district officials. The chairman of the Hepatitis

Rains to worsen Hepatitis E, says official
Gulu The start of the rainy season may worsen the spread of Hepatitis E, Gulu district disease surveillance officer Michael Cankara has said. The warning comes at a time when the disease has claimed over 106 lives and infected over 6000 in various parts

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Early Hepatitis C Treatment Increases Success
Currently approved treatment for chronic Hepatitis C is about 50 percent effective. New research from Canada claims that early treatment boosts its effectiveness up to 90 percent....

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Successful animal studies have paved the way for a human trial to determine if warfarin prevents liver damage in those with Hepatitis C....

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Subclinical Hepatic Encephalopathy Impairs Daily Functioning

table  1.   Prevalence of Abnormal Neuropsychological and Neurophysiological Tests and the Diagnosis of SHE in 179 Cirrhotic Patients Without Clinical Signs of Hepatic Encephalopathy
Number Abnormal (%)
NCT-A 15 (9) 
DST 6 (3)
Automated EEG analysis 34 (19)
Number Diagnosed (%)
SHE 48 (27)

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