ALLMedicine™ Hemochromatosis Center

Nov 18th, 2021 - This is a general clinical research protocol to allow for evaluation, investigation and long-term follow up of patients who have an acute or chronic liver disease. The protocol is designed to study the natural history and pathogenesis of various l...

Oct 20th, 2021 - Morus nigra L. is a plant popularly known as 'amoreira preta', very used in folk medicine. Iron overload (hemochromatosis) is a clinical condition that causes damage to various tissues due to oxidative stress. Therapy to control iron overload is s...

Oct 19th, 2021 - Hereditary hemochromatosis (HH) occurs in 1 in every 200-250 individuals of northern European descent, and is the most common inherited disease in this population. Although the molecular pathophysiology remains incompletely understood, a homozygou...

Oct 16th, 2021 - Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) has become a major contributor to the rising incidence of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in the United States and other developed countries. Iron, an essential metal primarily stored in hepatocytes, may pla...

Oct 14th, 2021 - Abnormal calcium absorption and iron overload from iron hyperabsorption can contribute to osteoporosis as found in several diseases, including hemochromatosis and thalassemia. Previous studies in thalassemic mice showed the positive effects of the...

Jul 25th, 2019 - Hereditary hemochromatosis (HH) is one of the most common genetic disorders among persons of northern European descent. There have been recent advances in the diagnosis, management, and treatment of HH. The availability of molecular diagnostic tes...

Dec 21st, 2016 - Clinicians are required to assess abnormal liver chemistries on a daily basis. The most common liver chemistries ordered are serum alanine aminotransferase (ALT), aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alkaline phosphatase and bilirubin. These tests sh...

Jul 15th, 2015 - Molecular genetic testing for hereditary hemochromatosis (HH) is recognized as a reference test to confirm the diagnosis of suspected HH or to predict its risk. The vast majority (typically >90%) of patients with clinically characterized HH are ho...

Apr 1st, 2011 - Diagnosis and management of hemochromatosis: 2011 practice guideline by the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases.|2011|Bacon BR,Adams PC,Kowdley KV,Powell LW,Tavill AS,|blood,diagnosis,physiopathology,therapy,metabolism,pathology,m...

May 18th, 2010 - Iron overload in humans is associated with a variety of genetic and acquired conditions. Of these, HFE hemochromatosis (HFE-HC) is by far the most frequent and most well-defined inherited cause when considering epidemiological aspects and risks fo...

Nov 18th, 2021 - This is a general clinical research protocol to allow for evaluation, investigation and long-term follow up of patients who have an acute or chronic liver disease. The protocol is designed to study the natural history and pathogenesis of various l...

Oct 19th, 2021 - Hereditary hemochromatosis (HH) occurs in 1 in every 200-250 individuals of northern European descent, and is the most common inherited disease in this population. Although the molecular pathophysiology remains incompletely understood, a homozygou...

Sep 16th, 2021 - This study is a multicenter, open-label study. The objective of the study is to assess the effect of PTG-300 on transferrin saturation (TSAT) and serum iron in adult hereditary hemochromatosis patients.

May 26th, 2021 - Polyphenolic compounds are very strong Inhibitors of non-heme iron absorption, as they form insoluble complexes with ferrous iron. Patients with hereditary hemochromatosis (HH) have an increased intestinal non-heme iron absorption due to a genetic...

Jan 27th, 2021 - The incidence of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is increasing over time among the HIV-infected population, and is an increasingly important cause of morbidity and mortality in HIV-infected individuals. Despite effective treatment for HBV and HCV i...

Oct 6th, 2021 - Dennis Fitzgerald, MD, a specialist in breast cancer, lung cancer, non-Hodgkin lymphoma and hemochromatosis, Hackensack Meridian Health Riverview Medical Center, discusses the pivotal TAILORx trial, which found that for intermediate-risk women wit...

Apr 7th, 2021 - Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) in children is almost always caused by excess body weight, not other etiologies, based on a retrospective analysis of 900 patients. Just 2% of children with overweight or obesity and suspected NAFLD had oth.

Apr 2nd, 2021 - Transcript:James M. Foran, MD, FRCPC: What is the role of the patient in deciding on iron chelation therapy? There are two oral chelating agents—a third one that’s approved in a different setting, deferiprone—and then there’s Desferal, or de...

Apr 2nd, 2021 - Transcript: Ghassan K. Abou-Alfa, MD: Hello, and welcome to this OncLive® Peer Exchange® panel discussion titled Global Perspective on Treatment of Hepatocellular Carcinoma. The treatment of advanced hepatocellular carcinoma is complicated by ...

Feb 5th, 2021 - Men with iron overload due to hereditary hemochromatosis are at increased risk of developing dementia, an analysis of UK Biobank data indicates. Results of a large analysis showed that among men who had two mutations that cause hemochromatosis (HF...