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Hepatitis C Main Forums => Hepatitis C Research News & Studies => Topic started by: Hep Editors on April 06, 2020, 12:54:09 pm
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A group of people with hepatitis C virus (HCV) responded well to an intervention meant to reduce their alcohol use in a recent randomized study.
Because alcohol can exacerbate the liver damage caused by the virus, experts recommend that people with hep C drink no alcohol, or at least cut down as much as possible.
Publishing their findings in the journal Hepatology, a research team led by Rae Jean Proeschold-Bell, PhD, of the Duke Global Health Institute in North Carolina, recruited 181 people with HCV between October 2014 and September 2017.
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https://www.hepmag.com/article/intervention-can-reduce-alcohol-use-among-people-hepatitis-c