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  • Triple Therapy with GS-7977 Successful Against Hepatitis C

    Hepatitis Central
    7 May 2012 | 2:55 pm
    In just three weeks, the Hepatitis C drug in development, GS-7977, led to a cure in over 90 percent of patients when paired with ribavirin and pegylated interferon.

  • Side Effects from Pegasys

    About.com Hepatitis: What's Hot Now
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    15 May 2012 | 6:10 am
    There are many side effects from treatment of chronic hepatitis with Pegasys. All drugs have side effects and this medication is a powerful treatment for chronic hepatitis. Here is a complete list of side effects.

  • 500 Immunized after Hepatitis A exposure at Lone Star Steakhouse

    Hepatitis Blog
    14 May 2012 | 5:36 pm
    The Vanderburgh County Health Dept. is urging diners who ate at Lone Star Steakhouse during the days an employee infected with Hepatitis A worked to receive a free vaccination. Vaccines will be administered at the department's immunization clinic at 420 Mulberry St. every day from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. until Thursday. Dr. Ray Nicholson, the department's health officer, estimates that out of the nearly 1,500 patrons who dined at the Eastland Place restaurant from April 29 to May 3, around 500 have been immunized. The employee, a bartender, handled mostly drinks and some food. Persons exposed to…

  • Former RT pleads guilty to hepatitis infections

    MedWorm Query: hepatitis
    11 May 2012 | 5:18 pm
    A former radiologic technologist (RT) has pleaded guilty to infecting patients (more) (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)

  • Zimbabwe: Raw Deal for HIV+ Renal Patients

    MedWorm: Hepatitis B
    11 May 2012 | 3:50 am
    [The Herald] Hepatitis B and renal failure remain a threat to people living with HIV. (Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs)MedWorm Sponsor Message: Please support the Doctors In Chains campaign for the medics tortured and sentenced for up to 15 years in Bahrain. #FreeDoctors
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  • Former RT pleads guilty to hepatitis infections

    11 May 2012 | 5:18 pm
    A former radiologic technologist (RT) has pleaded guilty to infecting patients (more) (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)

  • Former Mayo Clinic radiology tech Steven Beumel pleads guilty to spreading Hepatitis C

    11 May 2012 | 11:44 am
    A former radiology technician at Mayo Clinic Florida pleaded guilty to stealing a synthetic narcotic and infecting patients with Hepatitis C, one of whom died, federal prosecutors announced Friday. Steven Beumel, 48, of Jacksonville, plead guilty to one count of tampering with a consumer product resulting in death, four counts of tampering with a consumer product resulting in serious bodily injury and five counts of stealing a synthetic narcotic by deception, according to a news release from the... (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Hospitals headlines)

  • Zimbabwe: Raw Deal for HIV+ Renal Patients

    11 May 2012 | 3:50 am
    [The Herald] Hepatitis B and renal failure remain a threat to people living with HIV. (Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs)

  • The immunogenetics of immune dysregulation, polyendocrinopathy, enteropathy, X linked (IPEX) syndrome

    10 May 2012 | 10:00 pm
    Immune dysregulation, polyendocrinopathy, enteropathy, X linked (IPEX) syndrome is a rare disorder in humans caused by germ-line mutations in the FOXP3 gene, a master transcriptional regulator for the development of CD4 regulatory T (Treg) cells. This T cell subset has global inhibitory functions that maintain immune homeostasis and mediate self-tolerance. Treg developmental deficiency or dysfunction is a hallmark of IPEX. It leads to severe, multi-organ, autoimmune phenomena including enteropathy, chronic dermatitis, endocrinopathy and other organ-specific diseases such as anaemia,…

  • Pharmacokinetic interaction between the hcv protease inhibitor boceprevir and cyclosporine and tacrolimus in healthy volunteers

    10 May 2012 | 10:00 pm
    Conclusion:Dose adjustments of cyclosporine should be anticipated when administered with boceprevir, guided by close monitoring of cyclosporine blood concentrations and frequent assessments of renal function and cyclosporine‐related side effects. Concomitant administration of boceprevir with tacrolimus requires significant dose reduction and prolongation of the dosing interval for tacrolimus, with close monitoring of tacrolimus blood concentrations and frequent assessments of renal function and tacrolimus‐related side effects. (HEPATOLOGY 2012.) (Source: Hepatology)
 
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    MedWorm: Hepatitis B

  • Zimbabwe: Raw Deal for HIV+ Renal Patients

    11 May 2012 | 3:50 am
    [The Herald] Hepatitis B and renal failure remain a threat to people living with HIV. (Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs)MedWorm Sponsor Message: Please support the Doctors In Chains campaign for the medics tortured and sentenced for up to 15 years in Bahrain. #FreeDoctors

  • Occult Hepatitis B Virus Infection in Hemodialysis Patients: A Concept for Consideration

    10 May 2012 | 10:00 pm
    AbstractHemodialysis patients potentially have an increased risk of infection with parenterally transmitted viral agents due to an impaired host immune response and multiple transfusion requirements. Viral hepatitis is considered as a problem for hemodialysis patients because 1.9% of all deaths among this population are related to the consequence of viral hepatitis. Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is one of the most important causes of transmitted infections by the parenteral route in hemodialysis patients. Occult HBV infection is characterized by presence of HBV infection without detectable…

  • Prevalence of hepatitis B virus infection among persons with diagnosed diabetes mellitus in the United States, 1999–2010*

    10 May 2012 | 6:47 am
    Summary.  The prevalence of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection among persons with diabetes has not been assessed among the US population, despite increasing reports of HBV transmission in institutional care settings. Using national survey data, we found a 60% higher prevalence of HBV infection among persons with (vs without) diagnosed diabetes. (Source: Journal of Viral Hepatitis)

  • Medical Waste Management (MWM) in Dhaka, Bangladesh: It's a Review

    9 May 2012 | 10:00 pm
    This study reviews the current situation of medical waste management (MWM) and practices in Dhaka, Bangladesh, and examines possible solutions for further study. We collected existing information through an Internet survey using the keywords "Medical Waste Management," "Health Hazards," and "Bangladesh." Medical wastes that are disposed in open places in the city are hazardous and toxics. Moreover, waste management and practices were found to be quite unsafe. Poor people collect the waste and sell it for recycling. Almost 85.0% of sharp injuries are caused between their usage and subsequent…

  • Many cancers caused by 'treatable infections'

    9 May 2012 | 10:30 am
    Conclusion This important study highlights the potential role played by certain infections in causing cancer. It uses the highest quality available evidence to calculate the proportion of cancer caused by infectious agents, worldwide and by region. However, as the authors point out, their calculations may be imprecise. For example, many countries have very sparse data on cancer incidence and the prevalence of risk factors for specific cancers. To obtain global estimates researchers had to extrapolate data from other areas. They also say they had to make certain assumptions, for example, that…
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  • CDC Launches Online Risk Assessment for Hepatitis - Empowered News

    16 May 2012 | 3:34 am
    Empowered NewsCDC Launches Online Risk Assessment for HepatitisEmpowered NewsCDC is leading a national education campaign initiative called “Know More Hepatitis.” The campaign aims to decrease the burden of chronic viral hepatitis by increasing awareness about this hidden epidemic and encouraging people who may be chronically Hepatitis C Testing Day Offered on May 16 as Part of National Prevention EffortReadMedia (press release)May 19 is National Hepatitis Testing DayThe Times and DemocratGastroenterology special issue focuses on new directions of viral hepatitis Phys.Org (press…

  • Standard hepatitis C therapy improves insulin resistance in HIV/hepatitis C co ... - aidsmap

    16 May 2012 | 2:09 am
    Standard hepatitis C therapy improves insulin resistance in HIV/hepatitis C co aidsmapTreatment with pegylated interferon and ribavirin is associated with lasting improvements in insulin resistance among HIV-positive patients co-infected with hepatitis C, investigators report in the online edition of Clinical Infectious Diseases.

  • Milk Thistle Does Not Alter Disease Activity in Hepatitis C Patients - Infectious Disease Special Edition

    15 May 2012 | 11:08 pm
    Infectious Disease Special EditionMilk Thistle Does Not Alter Disease Activity in Hepatitis C PatientsInfectious Disease Special Editionby Christina Frangou San Francisco—One of the first rigorous trials to test the popular herbal extract milk thistle (silymarin) has shown that this treatment does not relieve symptoms or slow disease progression in patients with hepatitis C who are Milk Thistle: Trusted Support for Health & Healing in a Toxic WorldProHealthall 2 news articles »

  • Class action over hepatitis C scandal - Ninemsn

    15 May 2012 | 8:52 pm
    BigPond NewsClass action over hepatitis C scandalNinemsnFifty women who contracted hepatitis C after undergoing abortions at a Melbourne clinic have launched a class action in the Victorian Supreme Court. The action is against three parties - the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency, Hep C victims to sue medical regulatorABC OnlineClinic, doctor face Hep-C class actionThe Ageall 28 news articles »

  • Jewelry store, owners fined for illegal piercings linked to hepatitis B case - Calgary Herald

    15 May 2012 | 6:07 pm
    Jewelry store, owners fined for illegal piercings linked to hepatitis B caseCalgary HeraldCALGARY — A northeast Calgary jewelry story and its co-owners have been fined a total of $8625 for seven charges for illegal body piercing, in which one woman contracted hepatitis B after having her nose pierced there. Provincial court Judge Ken Illegal piercing lands fine for Calgary jewelry storeCalgary SunPiercing shop owners plead guilty to health violationsCBC.caall 4 news articles »
 
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    About.com Hepatitis: What's Hot Now

  • The Gallbladder

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    15 May 2012 | 6:10 am

  • Hepatitis A Vaccine

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    15 May 2012 | 6:10 am
    Hepatitis A vaccine provides effective protection against infection from the hepatitis A virus for up to 25 years. Immunization is strongly recommended for many people with an increased risk of exposure to hepatitis A virus.

  • Side Effects from Pegasys

    hepatitis.guide@about.com
    15 May 2012 | 6:10 am
    There are many side effects from treatment of chronic hepatitis with Pegasys. All drugs have side effects and this medication is a powerful treatment for chronic hepatitis. Here is a complete list of side effects.

  • It's Crowded in Your Blood

    hepatitis.guide@about.com
    15 May 2012 | 6:10 am
    There are many cells in the blood and each has a different function.

  • Incubation Period

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    15 May 2012 | 6:10 am
    Definition of Incubation Period
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  • Symptom

    15 May 2012 | 7:04 am
    Definition of symptom.

  • Hepititis

    15 May 2012 | 7:04 am
    Definition of hepititis.

  • Hepatitis Symptoms

    15 May 2012 | 7:04 am
    Wondering if that ache or pain could mean hepatitis? Symptoms vary depending on the type of hepatitis, so it's hard to know if you have hepatitis without the help of a doctor. Most people don't realize they have hepatitis until they see jaundice, a symptom that makes the skin appear yellowish.

  • Clinician

    15 May 2012 | 7:04 am
    Definition of clinician

  • Tour the Digestive System

    15 May 2012 | 7:04 am
    The organs of the digestive system work together to digest and absorb food. Let's look at each organ and learn what it does.
 
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    Liver Disease / Hepatitis News From Medical News Today

  • News From The Journal Of Clinical Investigation: May 15, 2012

    16 May 2012 | 3:00 am
    DEVELOPMENT Hope for new treatment options for the rare disease Beare-Stevenson syndrome Beare-Stevenson cutis gyrata syndrome is an extremely rare genetic disease that causes serious physical problems affecting the skin and skull...

  • Discovery Of New Gene Mutations Leads To Breakthrough In Understanding The Cause Of Bile Duct Cancer

    16 May 2012 | 2:00 am
    A team of international scientists has made a significant breakthrough in understanding the cause of bile duct cancer, a deadly type of liver cancer. By identifying several new genes frequently mutated in bile duct cancers, researchers are paving the way for better understanding of how bile duct cancers develop. Their discovery is published online in Nature Genetics...

  • Mouse Model Reveals Scarring Cells Revert To Inactive State As Liver Heals

    9 May 2012 | 3:00 am
    An international team of scientists, led by researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, report that significant numbers of myofibroblasts - cells that produce the fibrous scarring in chronic liver injury - revert to an inactive phenotype as the liver heals...

  • Good News And Bad News In Fatty Liver Disease And Diabetes

    8 May 2012 | 3:00 am
    A Penn research team, led by Mitchell Lazar, MD, PhD, director of the Institute for Diabetes, Obesity, and Metabolism at the Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, reports in Nature Medicine that mice in which an enzyme called histone deacetylase 3 (HDAC3) was deleted had massively fatty livers, but lower blood sugar, and were thus protected from glucose intol...

  • Comorbidities Increase Risk Of Mortality In COPD Patients

    4 May 2012 | 5:00 pm
    A new study published online in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine reveals that comorbidities amongst patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are common, and that several of these comorbidities are independently linked to a higher risk of mortality...
 
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    Hepatitis Blog

  • 500 Immunized after Hepatitis A exposure at Lone Star Steakhouse

    14 May 2012 | 5:36 pm
    The Vanderburgh County Health Dept. is urging diners who ate at Lone Star Steakhouse during the days an employee infected with Hepatitis A worked to receive a free vaccination. Vaccines will be administered at the department's immunization clinic at 420 Mulberry St. every day from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. until Thursday. Dr. Ray Nicholson, the department's health officer, estimates that out of the nearly 1,500 patrons who dined at the Eastland Place restaurant from April 29 to May 3, around 500 have been immunized. The employee, a bartender, handled mostly drinks and some food. Persons exposed to…

  • Hepatitis A Shots still available for exposure at Lone Star Restaurant located in the Eastland Place Shopping Center

    14 May 2012 | 1:02 pm
    The time window is rapidly closing for those patrons who dined at the Lone Star Restaurant located in the Eastland Place Shopping Center at 943 N. Green River Road Evansville IN, 47715 to receive their free Hepatitis A vaccine. Hepatitis A vaccine will be provided at the Vanderburgh County Health Department at 420 Mulberry Street Saturday May 12 through Thursday, May 17, 2012 from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. each day including Sunday. Those who have symptoms of illness should not attend the clinics but should seek immediate medical attention. Symptoms of Hepatitis A include fever, fatigue, loss…

  • Hepatitis A: Indiana Lone Star Employee Positive

    10 May 2012 | 4:58 pm
    Hepatitis A is a viral infection of the liver. The incubation period (time of exposure to development of symptoms) is usually 2 to 7 weeks. Symptoms may include fever, fatigue, loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting, stomach pain, pale colored stools, and dark urine. Jaundice, a yellowing of the skin and eyes, may occur a few days after symptoms appear. Symptoms usually last one to two weeks but can last longer. Symptoms are more likely to occur in adults than in children. Severe complications are rare and occur more often in persons who have liver disease or a weakened immune system. Anyone with…

  • 1,000 Receive Hepatitis A Vaccines after exposure at Alabama McDonalds

    15 Apr 2012 | 1:14 pm
    About 1,000 people received hepatitis A vaccinations through the Tuscaloosa County Health Department last week after it was announced that a local fast-food employee had been diagnosed with the virus. But no one else has been diagnosed with the virus, which means it’s extremely unlikely that anyone else contracted it, said Dr. Albert White, area health officer for ADPH Area 3, which includes Tuscaloosa County. “No other cases have been found, which makes it very unlikely that we had an outbreak,” White said. Last week, the state health department announced that people who…

  • Bad Bug Book - Foodborne Pathogenic Microorganisms and Natural Toxins - Second Edition - Hepatitis A Virus

    8 Apr 2012 | 1:09 am
    Bad Bug Book - Foodborne Pathogenic Microorganisms and Natural Toxins - Second Edition 1. Organism Hepatitis A virus (HAV) particles are environmentally hardy organisms that can be transmitted by contaminated food, water, environmental surfaces (e.g., contaminated table tops, cooking utensils) and through direct or indirect person-to-person contact. Although HAV cannot grow in the environment, they are considered to be extremely stable under a wide range of environmental conditions, including freezing, heat, chemicals, and desiccation. Concentrations of disinfectants commonly used against…
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  • Re: Tx Start Question

    16 May 2012 | 5:40 am
    Alex, I split my Riba in the morning and afternoon. dr said riba messes with your sleep( I think it all does) good luck my friend...keep us posted

  • Re: LAST shot done

    16 May 2012 | 5:38 am
    D D D D D Done! You did it Bird! O the joy!

  • Re: work and treatments

    16 May 2012 | 5:36 am
    Hi and welcome Roller! I'm at week 31 and have worked throughout. But my job does not involve physical exertion.

  • Re: Word Association

    16 May 2012 | 4:03 am
    star

  • Re: Donation button still not working.

    16 May 2012 | 1:57 am
    Quote from: TokamakFusion on May 15, 2012, 10:49:05 PMOk, I went into the source code for the page and found:      <a target="_blank" href="https://www.wepay.com/donations/hcvsupport">      <img border="0" src="http://www.hcvsupport....
 
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  • Hepatitis C Patients-Milk Thistle Does Not Alter Disease Activity

    16 May 2012 | 3:29 am
    Milk Thistle Does Not Alter Disease Activity in Hepatitis C PatientsISSUE: MAY 2012 | VOLUME: 1Sourceby Christina FrangouSan Francisco—One of the first rigorous trials to test the popular herbal extract milk thistle (silymarin) has shown that this treatment does not relieve symptoms or slow disease progression in patients with hepatitis C who are nonresponsive to interferon (IFN).“We must conclude that oral silymarin, given in higher than customary doses, did not significantly alter biochemical or virologic disease activity in hepatitis C patients previously treated with interferon-based…

  • NY-Hepatitis C Testing Day Offered on May 16 as Part of National Prevention Effort

    15 May 2012 | 11:04 pm
    Hepatitis C Testing Day Offered on May 16 as Part of National Prevention EffortLocal Organizations Excited to Offer New Rapid Finger Prick TestALBANY, NY (05/15/2012)(readMedia)-- Area organizations are working together in a new initiative to address the growing incidence and impact of viral hepatitis. The initiative's first event will be a Hepatitis C Free Testing Day on Wednesday, May 16. Free Hepatitis C testing will be provided using the new rapid test via finger stick. Task force members are excited to be able to offer this method of testing which will provide results in twenty minutes…

  • China's Plan To Stop Harvesting Prisoner's Organs-Will Be Almost Impossible To Enforce

    15 May 2012 | 4:12 pm
    Getty ImagesChina's Plan To Stop Harvesting Prisoner's Organs Will Be Almost Impossible To EnforceCalum MacLeod, USA TodayZhang Xinyou was one of the lucky ones."If you don't do a liver transplant, you'll die," doctors told the cirrhosis sufferer, recalled his wife Gao Li.Zhang, 59, got his liver, but where it came from is something he doesn't want to ask."Most of the organs here come from executed prisoners," Gao, 57, says in hushed tones inside a transplant ward at the Tianjin First Center Hospital, the country's largest transplant facility. "I haven't considered whether it's right or…

  • Cameroon: Hepatitis C - Cost of Treatment Reduced

    15 May 2012 | 4:04 pm
    Cameroon: Hepatitis C - Cost of Treatment ReducedHenceforth, patients will pay only 67 per cent of the cost of treatment.By Elizabeth Mosima, 15 May 2012 SourceCameroon, officially the Republic of Cameroon (French: République du Cameroun), is a country in west Central AfricaIn order to alleviate the plight of patients, the cost of treatment of Hepatitis C was recently reduced. This was during the signing of an agreement between the government of Cameroon and Hoffmann La Roche Laboratories.The President of the Cameroon Network against Viral Hepatitis, Professor Oudou Njoya said following the…

  • USPTO Grants Codexis Patent for Enzymes Used in Hep-C Therapeutics

    15 May 2012 | 3:45 pm
    USPTO Grants Codexis Patent for Enzymes Used in Hep-C Therapeutics Reuters is not responsible for the content in this press release. Tue May 15, 2012 4:05pm EDTUSPTO Grants Codexis Patent for Enzymes Used in Hep-C TherapeuticsHighlights how Codexis platform enables breakthrough biocatalytic processes Codexis, Inc. (Nasdaq:CDXS), a developer of cost-advantaged processes for the production of biofuels, bio-based chemicals, and pharmaceutical intermediates, today announced that the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has granted Codexis’ patent covering the biocatalysts and…
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