Latest HCV Articles
Just the Facts
How many times have you started to have a conversation with someone about Hepatitis C only to have it blow up in your face? Have you ever heard someone say something about Hep C that didn't seem quite right to you? You were probably right something was amiss. A discussion about Hepatitis C can...
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The STIGMA of Hepatitis C
As per Wikipedia, the definition of a stigma is as follows: "Stigma is a word that originally means a "sign", "point", or "branding mark"." Wikipedia goes on to call stigma "A badge of shame, a physical mark of infamy or disgrace." Damn that w...
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Why Are The Baby Boomers At Risk?
Recently, the CDC (Center for Disease Control) issued a statement that all Baby Boomers should be tested for Hepatitis C. The question often comes up as to why this particular segment of people is so vulnerable. What does being born between 1945 and 1965 have to do with Hepatitis C? What was di...
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Alternative Medicine: Milk Thistle and...
Buyer Beware! There are several snake oil salesmen out there who are claiming to have cured their own Hepatitis C with herbs, supplements and parking lot gravel. Okay, maybe not the parking lot gravel but it might as well be. What you need to remember is that there are two different types of...
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HCV Hidden Dangers
Most every adult woman (and an occasional man) has enjoyed a manicure and a pedicure at a nail salon or spa. That 30 minute pedicure can be so relaxing but are you aware of the danger lurking in that nail salon? Although few individuals recognize the medical risks associated with this common pr...
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Funding also expands care and treatment to 14,000 new patients.
More than 14 thousand people living in Dallas County are living with HIV and many of them don’t even know it. The county health department is tackling the public health threat head on, with an...
In advance of National HIV Testing Day, AIDS.gov recently had a conversation with Dr. Ronald Valdiserri, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health, Infectious Diseases, and Director, HHS Office of...
Padding around his Malibu home in bare feet, a deeply tanned Greg Louganis looks relaxed, rested and remarkably healthy. Gazing out over his backyard pool, with its Olympic-ring logo and a...
The Senate passed a bill Monday night that would establish safeguards and standards of quality for research of organ transplants for people infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Sen....
Sex minorities and commercial sex workers pose the risk of increased HIV/AIDS prevalence in the society, according to a study which shows that over 30 per cent of the group have contracted the...
Tanzanians who are most at risk of HIV face widespread police abuse and often can’t get help when they are victims of crime, Human Rights Watch and the Wake Up and Step Forward Coalition (WASO)...
Nearly all of 44 Ugandan children who had genotypic resistance testing after failure of first-line antiretroviral therapy (ART) had mutations conferring resistance to both nonnucleosides and...
Thousands of Ugandan lives at stake after generic HIV/AIDS drugs deadline extension snub The lives of thousands of Ugandans enrolled on HIV treatment hang in the balance after an application by...
Despite India’s enormous population, it would be cost-effective to fight its growing AIDS epidemic by testing all 800 million sexually active adults in the country every five years and treating...
Efforts to raise awareness of HIV/AIDS in the Indonesian provinces of Papua, which has among the country’s highest rates of infection, and West Papua are making steady though slow progress, say...
Zarni Aung's not sure how he contracted HIV -- it may have been from a tainted needle or a sex worker. Either way, the virus saw his weight plunge below 40 kilograms before he left his home in...
All the noise being generated over the Mangaldoi incident notwithstanding, HIV is, with the availability of modern treatment procedures, now categorised as a “clinically manageable disease”, says...
Providing universal HIV testing for India’s billion-plus population every five years would prove to be a cost-effective approach to managing the epidemic, even with more intensive testing for...
England and South African players took time out of their busy schedules this week during the ICC Champions Trophy to visit organisations in England and Wales and show solidarity with persons...
What a week it has been. We've been involved in promoting HIV, Hepatitis-B and Hepatitis-C testing program at Birmingham Pride. We've launched a GP testing campaign in Nottingham. And, of course,...
A panel of European Parliament lawmakers gave unanimous backing on Wednesday (29 May) to new draft EU rules on clinical trials that could represent a huge step forward for research on new,...
HIV and sexual health charity Terrence Higgins Trust has announced a range of exclusive bar offers for participants in this year’s ‘Really Wild’ themed Walk for Life event on 16th June. This year...
HIV patients who are forced to report to hospital every month for a prescription could be forced into a situation where they have to reveal their condition to an employer. HIV patients who are...
HIV-negative gay men in Sydney, Australia perceive the risk of HIV transmission to be different in different sexual contexts, according to a study by Dr Limin Mao and colleagues, reported in the...
AUSTRALIA is way behind the US and Europe in protecting medical workers from sharp objects, says a former US nurse who contracted HIV and hepatitis C through a needle injury. Dr Karen Daley, in...
For activist and community leader Kapul Robert* from Papua New Guinea (PNG) accessing HIV services is a constant challenge. “Papua New Guinea has a law that says sodomy is illegal and this law is...
Background: The resurgence of infectious syphilis in men who have sex with men (MSM) has been documented worldwide; however, HIV coinfection and syphilis reinfections in MSM in inner Sydney have not...
Juan stopped in Tapachula, Chiapas to rest for a few days and to receive a routine medical check-up before heading out on the treacherous 1,700-mile long journey to Mexico’s northern border. Since...
Venezuelan professionals are working in investigations to establish the molecular panorama of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) that causes AIDS, and hepatitis, specialized sources said.According...
A clinical trial in Thailand has concluded a medication used to treat patients infected with HIV can also act as an effective prevention for all groups at high risk of acquiring the virus that...
Studies have reported HIV superinfection incidence rates of between 0 and 7.7 percent per year, but these data, as with much of the understanding about the phenomenon of people with HIV becoming...
Last July, a high court sentenced the Namibian state for the forced sterilization of three HIV-positive women. In Uzbekistan, authorities continue to deny reported cases. AWID looks into forced...
Pre-treatment scans of brain activity predicted whether depressed patients would best achieve remission with an antidepressant medication or psychotherapy, in a study funded by the National...
Research by the world-renowned Mayo Clinic in Minnesota indicates that regular consumption of coffee is associated with a reduced risk of a liver disease known as primary sclerosing cholangitis...
Health insurance premiums for Covered California, the state-run marketplace, are lower than expected. Amid anxiety over rising costs from the federal healthcare law, California received...
Bottling up emotions is thought to harm both mind and body, but a new study suggests that the opposite extreme may be no better. In a study of thousands of heart attack patients, those who...
