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2010 Hepatitis C News
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March
HCV/Introduction to Supplements
Noninvasive diagnosis of small hepatocellular carcinoma
Diabetes Treatments Deemed Harmful
Stroke victims in their 50s have battled back
Hepatitis C Virus Infection and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Genotype 2 Extending Therapy With Peg/Riba
FDA Seeking Comments about Expanded Access for Direct-acting Antiviral Drugs for Hepatitis C
New CDC National Center for Health Statistics Report Looks at Trends in Hepatitis A, B, and C
March 16
This and That From Hepc.bull newsletter
Obesity And Alcohol In Increasing The Risk Of Liver Disease
March 14
FDA Hearing on HCV Oral Drugs Early Access
Suppression of Hepatitis C Viral Load Reduces Insulin Resistance
Can Liver Cancer Be Found Early?
Get tested if you were tattooed or pierced at Colborne home
Repost/Pegasys or PegIntron/Which FDA Approved Drug Is Better for Treating Hepatitis C ?
March 11
Hepatitis C And Insulin Resistance - Surprising Findings
Link Between Hepatitis C And Insulin Resistance Surprises Scientists
Artist raising awareness of hepatitis C
Video/Live kidney donation safe
Chimerix Initiates Phase 2 Study of CMX001 in Stem Cell
Board votes against medical marijuana ban
Management of varices and variceal hemorrhage in cirrhosis
Inhibitex to Present at Two Upcoming Conferences
University of Michigan scientists discover bone marrow can harbor HIV-infected cells
March 10
Hepatitis C For Fools Part one and two
Vertex Maps Out Combo Drug Game Plan for Treating Hepatitis C
Differentiate Liver Fibrosis From Steatohepatitis
White blood cells answer to a HCV Vaccine?
Researchers probe Hep C-diabetes link
Post-Op Liver Cancer Complications More Frequent At Low-Volume Hospitals
Financial assistance HCV Drugs
steatosis in chronic hepatitis C infection
March 8
Avail Clinical Research Announces Hepatitis C Research Studies in DeLand, FL
How to evaluate hemodynamics of gastric varices effectively?
Rock stars highlight hepatitis C risks
US doctors sanction transplant criteria for liver cancer patients
Miracle Cancer Drug Extends Life
March 6
Abbott, Enanta moving Hepatitis C drug development
Test Results in Hepatitis C Infection
Targeted Delivery Of Losartan Reduces Liver Inflammation And Scarring
Ghrelin Mitigates Liver Fibrosis In Animal Models; Regulates Human Fibrosis
Milk Thistle for the Liver -- Any Evidence?
My Hepatitis C & Liver Transplant Video Diary
March 3
Chronic Hepatitis C body weight and disease progression
Study Casts Doubt on Virus Link to Chronic Fatigue
What Is Alcoholic Liver Disease? What Is Alcoholic Hepatitis?
Reliable Biomarkers Needed For Early Detection Of Liver Cancer
March 1
Off Topic/ More Evidence of Marijuana-Psychosis Link
HCV Advocate
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March 2010
Disease progression of hepatitis C
HCV Treatment in People with Fibrosis & Cirrhosis
Shorter Treatment for HCV Genotype 1?
Plaques Kidney Disease in HIV/HCV Coinfection
Treatment of Injection Drug Users
Occult hepatitis C virus infection: what does it mean?
February
Resistance to Direct Antiviral Agents in Patients With Hepatitis C Virus Infection
Avila Aims to Trump Vertex With Drug that Hits Hepatitis C Virus and Won’t Let Go
Feb 26
Hepatitis C Treatment/Getting Ready
Deciding Not To Treat HCV/What Next?
HIV patients on antiretoviral drugs age before their time
No serious adverse events seen in ANA598 patients
30-year term for surgical tech who swapped infected needles video
Feb 25
Easing Liver Inflammation: Balancing Omega-3’s and Omega-6’s
AST-120 Used to Treat Hepatic Encephalopathy
Stem Cells In The Treatment Of Cirrhosis
NS5A protein from hepatitis C virus genotype 3a
Unaware they are infected with HBV and HCV
Successful hepatitis C treatment reduces HIV disease progression and non-liver-related mortality
Transplants Can Give Cirrhosis Patients a Brand-New Start
HCV Treatment Blog/Five Days Post TX
non-nucleoside polymerase inhibitor for the treatment of HCV/ ANA598 development program
Feb 24
Feb 19
PEG-IFN/ribavirin: More Adverse Effects, Worse Adherence in Older HCV-1 Patients
Complete enrollment by Roche of the 12 week RG7128 Phase 2b study (PROPEL)
Brandon clinic's patients warned of hepatitis C outbreak
Feb 18
Can Some Genotype 1 Chronic Hepatitis C Patients Benefit from Shorter Interferon-based Treatment?
Racial/ethnic and Socioeconomic Disparities in Survival of People with Liver Cancer
Age at Time of HBeAg Seroconversion Predicts Chronic Hepatitis B Prognosis
Herpes/complex family of viruses from chickenpox and shingles to cold sores
Promise in Fight Against Hepatitis C
Pipeline of anticipated new drugs to treat hepatitis C
Feb 16
Herbal Remedies/Milk Thistle/Hepatitis C Hour Video
HCV/Difference between standard vaccines and DNA vaccines
Feb 15
Can HCV Be A Mild Disease? W-Normal ALT
Feb 13
New Test, Treatments for Hepatitis C
Liver Cancer/Interview Podcast
Unique Family of Anti-Cancer Compounds
Telaprevir/Boceprevir New Drugs Alters Treatment Decisions in Hepatitis C
Inflamed liver/acute hepatotoxicity associated with the weight-loss product Hydroxycut Hardcore".
Resistance to direct antiviral agents in Hep C
Feb 12
Blueberries Counteract Intestinal Diseases
Novartis licenses hep C drug from Debiopharm
Dynavax Reports Promising Early Clinical Trial Data for Experimental Hepatitis C Drug SD-101
Dynavax Initiates Large-Scale Phase 3 Trial Of HEPLISAVTM
Nurse Whistle-Blower Charged for Reporting Doctor
Feb 09
Liver Tests Alt/Ast/AFP Elevated and Normal Values
Delcath Systems Begins Data Analysis Of Phase III Trial
Frontiers in Drug Development for Viral Hepatitis
Feb 08
In Case You Missed It
Vertex’s telaprevir, Schering Plough’s boceprevir, and Human Genome Sciences’ Zalbin.
Feb 05
Video/Liver Cancer In HCV Cirrhosis and Interferon Feb 2010
Examining the role of miR-122 in hepatitis C Therapy
WHAT'S NEW AT JANIS AND FRIENDS
Hepatitis C Milk Thistle/Herbs/Nutrition and Diet
Feb 04
American Heart Month/HCV Risk for Heart Disease?
Update Video Feb 04 2010/ Fibromyalgia
Acutely Damaged Livers May Be Repaired Via Transplanted Hepatocytes
Feb 03
Mild Liver Fibrosis in HCV/Progression
Experts say 40 percent of cancers could be prevented
First Cohort Dosing Completed in Clinical Trial of HCV Polymerase Inhibitor ANA598
Reminder/Acetaminophen and Liver Damage
HCV Diagnostic Tools: Grading & Staging a Liver Biopsy
Feb 02
VIDEO: Diet Influences Liver Disease Risk
Compound found that targets wide range of viruses
Liver Cirrhosis: Causes and complications
Hepatitis C treatment telaprevir
Best Ablative Therapy for Small Liver Tumors Still Unclear
Decreased survival with elevated liver function tests
Outcomes for adult living liver donors
Quality of life in pediatric liver transplants
Beyond liver transplants: Acutely damaged livers may be repaired via transplanted hepatocytes
Of swine, birds and men -- pandemic H1N1 flu
BBC NEWS | Health | Steaming hot tea linked to cancer
Feb 01
From HCV Advocate; February
Hepatitis Journal Review :
January 2010
by Liz Highleyman
IOM Report
Alan Franciscus, Editor-in-Chief
HealthWise: Milk Thistle
Lucinda Porter, RN
HCV Drug Resistance
Liz Highleyman
Disability & Benefits: Social
Security and Blue Book Listings
Jacques Chambers, CLU
January
Management of Depression During Hepatitis C Treatment with Interferon-based Therapy
"Transient elastography by Fibroscan is a non-invasive method for the diagnosis of liver fibrosis
Jan 28
Jan 27
Lessons From HIV Therapy Applied to Viral Hepatitis Therapy: Summary of a Workshop
HCV Drug Update for Vertex, Roche, Idenix -
UPDATE 1-Dynavax hepatitis C drug shows promise in phase 1 trial
African-American Organ and Tissue Donors Changing History
Lab-grown Liver Cells Provide Model for Hepatitis C Infection
Potential New Class of Drugs to Combat Hepatitis C Identified
Liver Cancer/Unequal Outcomes Despite Equal Treatment
Hemopurifier® to reduce viral load in patients infected with Hepatitis-C virus
HCV & HBV Medicaid/Medicare Training by NYS DOH -
Jan 26
Jan 12
Jan 08
Jan 06
First Case of Extremely Drug-resistant Tuberculosis in the U.S.
Head-to-head studies identify best treatment regimen for hep C
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Jan 5
Transplant Rules May Change after Amoebic Disease Found
The Mysterious Condition of Fibromyalgia
Jan 2
Researchers keep hepatitis C at bay after liver transplant
Liver Cirrhosis- The Lesser-Known Silent Killer
Risk of Hepatitis : Pilferage of hospital waste
Snoring And Liver Disease Linked By Low Oxygen Levels
From HCV Advocate
HBV Journal Review: January 2010, by Christine Kukka
HCV Advocate Newsletter, January 2010
Quality of Life: Effects of Hepatitis C and Its Treatment
HEALTHWISE: Surviving the Winter with Hepatitis C
AASLD 2009: Part 1 AASLD 2010: Part 2