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HIV Is No Barrier To Successful Liver Transplant For Cancer Treatment
As people infected with HIV live longer with antiretroviral drug therapy, more of them are developing hepatocellular carcinoma , which is particularly aggressive among this population.
Rhode Island Department of Health News
HEALTH Encourages Hepatitis C Testing for All Baby Boomers
In recognition of National Hepatitis C Testing Day on Sunday, May 19, the Rhode Island Department of Health encourages all Rhode Islanders born between 1945 and 1965 to be tested for Hepatitis C at least once, or more often if they have known risk factors.
Desai clinic recognized as 'model unit' prior to hepatitis c outbreak
In an attempt to clear up the perception that Dr. Dipak Desai operated filthy endoscopy clinics where medication was misused and feces remained on the walls after colonoscopies, defense lawyers revealed Friday that the Shadow Lane facility received a prestigious national rating in October 2007.
Hep C rising in baby boomers, but can they be treated?
When Amtrak unveils the first of 70 new locomotives Monday at a plant in California, it will mark what the national passenger railroad service hopes will be a new era of better reliability, streamlined maintenance and better energy efficiency.
Hepatitis C is a specific type of hepatitis disease caused by a virus, spread by contact with infected blood.
Stop paid blood donor clinics in Toronto, victims say
Victims of the tainted blood scandal and their families are urging the Ontario and federal governments to stop proposed blood-plasma clinics from operating in the province.
Get Vaccinated, Cobb Health Officials Say
Cobb Public Health officials are encouraging parents and caregivers to get Hepatitis A and B vaccines for their children.
Late HBsAg seroreversion of mutated hepatitis B virus after bone marrow transplantation
About ninety percent of immunocompetent adults recover from hepatitis B virus infection within 6 months after transmission.
Tulsa Health Department announces 5th round of results
The Oklahoma State Department of Health and Tulsa Health Department announced the fifth round of test results from patients of W. Scott Harrington's dental surgical practice.
Predictors of the change in bilirubin levels over twelve weeks of treatment with atazanavir
To determine the factors associated with change in bilirubin concentration 12 weeks after the initiation of an atazanavir -containing antiretroviral regimen.
Responses were durable, with disease progression stalled for an average of 17 months -- noteworthy because CLL patients enrolled in the phase I study had already undergone an average of five prior therapies.
Hepatitis C virus major challenge in the region
DOHA: About 150 million people are chronically infected and at risk of developing liver cirrhosis and/or liver cancer, and more than 350,000 people die from Hepatitis C Virus related liver diseases every year, Dr Laith Abu-Raddad said last night at a community health forum in Doha.
EGAN: Transplant hopefuls salute decision to donate teen's organs
They praise her yet, this Rowan Stringer, and shall for a long time. At 17, she gave so much of herself.
Kumasi herbalist finds a cure for Hepatitis B
A team of researchers, from the Pharmacology Department of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science , has certified "Hepita3", a herbal product from the Power Specialist Herbal Clinic, at Kyereapatre in Kumasi of the Ashanti Region, has the potency to cure the deadly Hepatitis B illness.
Fairfield High School students are using a novel art project to help beat hepatitis B and reduce the burden of liver cancer in the local area.
U.S. FDA Grants Priority Review To Simeprevir (TMC435) For...
Janssen Research & Development, LLC announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted Priority Review to the New Drug Application for simeprevir , an investigational NS3/4A protease inhibitor administered as a 150 mg capsule once daily with pegylated interferon and ribavirin for the treatment of genotype 1 chronic hepatitis C ... (more)
Centre will assist Hepatitis C patients
Health advocates expect more baby boomers will screen for Hepatitis C, with the opening of a long-awaited treatment and support centre.
Health board to meet over Harrington investigation
The Oklahoma State Board of Health is scheduled to meet partly in executive session to discuss the ongoing investigation of Tulsa oral surgeon Dr.
Tennessee health commissioner encouraging hepatitis assessment
The Tennessee Department of Health Commissioner is encouraging Tennesseans to take an online assessment provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to find learn the risk for hepatitis.