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Since the time that I was diagnosed with Hepatitis C, I knew that I had to turn it into something positive. I didn't know exactly what that positive w [ ... ]
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Hepatitis C (HCV) is a virus that infects the liver and can cause serious liver damage and even death. It is spread by exposure to blood or body fluids that contain the virus. An estimated...
The Southern Nevada Health District’s senior epidemiologist stood firm on the witness stand Monday in his conclusion that the 2007 hepatitis C outbreak was the result of unsafe injection practices...
High testing and treatment rates for hepatitis C should be interpreted with caution, Glenys Needs and Allison Beck, from the Hepatitis C Resource Centre Otago Southland, advise. The Hepatitis C...
AbbVie sees a chance to upset Gilead ($GILD) in the race to bring to market the first all-oral treatment for hepatitis C. Among the many drug-development races in pharma, few move as quickly as...
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infects more than 170 million people worldwide. Approximately 80 percent of infections lead to chronic illness including fibrosis, cirrhosis, cancer and also hepatic iron...
Treatments against hepatitis C virus have only been partially successful. A major problem is that antivirals generate drug resistance. Now Seong-Wook Lee of Dankook University, Yongin, Republic of...
Achillion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq:ACHN) today announced the nomination of the preclinical compound, ACH-3422, a novel small molecule nucleotide prodrug of a uridine analog designed to...
Phase II HELIX-1 trial is first hepatitis C clinical study to commence through collaboration agreement between Janssen Pharmaceuticals Inc. and Idenix Pharmaceuticals Inc. Medivir AB (OMX: MVIR)...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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