(Reuters Health) – Patients with gallstone-related pain do not always get pain relief when the gallbladder is removed, but a new decision tool can help predict which patients are likely to see their pain subside after surgery, researchers say. Many such patients opt for gallbladder removal, expecting it to cure the pain that strikes when […]
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Algorithm Uses Routine Blood Tests to Detect Advanced Liver Disease
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – It may be possible to pick up occult liver cirrhosis with an algorithm that uses data from routine blood tests, according to new research. The CIRRUS algorithm can find “a fingerprint for cirrhosis in the common blood tests done routinely by GPs,” Dr. Nick Sheron of the Foundation for Liver […]