National Hepatitis Awareness Month 2013
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), more than 4 million Americans are living with chronic hepatitis B or hepatitis C and more than 15,000 die each year from liver cancer or diseases associated with the infections. Most do not know they have the virus.
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The Hepatitis C Drug Pipeline Report: A Groundswell to Become a Sea Change
Frantic competition between the major pharmaceutical players has accelerated progress to a breakneck speed. Scientists are charged with excitement over the promise of a new paradigm in hep C treatment: Simplified, all-oral, interferon-free therapies with high cure rates for broad swaths of the hep C population.
Herbology v. hepatitis
POZ Blogger, Mike Barr tries out Chinese herbal formulas for liver health in his most recent post.
Bee Venom: The Next Anti-HIV Agent?
Nanoparticles filled with a toxin called melittin that’s found in bee venom can destroy HIV and have a benign effect on surrounding cells.
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Baby Boomers - To Test or Not to Test - That is the Question!
Given that screening for hepatitis C involves a simple, inexpensive blood test, I would like to offer my own recommendations as a person who actually has hepatitis C.
Read more of Margaret Dudley’s blog: http://blogs.hepmag.com/margaretdudley/2012/12/testing_baby_boomers_hepc.html
Hepatitis C in the U.S. May Be Underestimated by Over a Million
In the United States, the number of people who have been infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV) may have been undercounted by a whopping 1.1 million. Epidemiologists believe that at least 5.2 million people in the United States are HCV antibody positive—meaning that they were infected at one time, although they may not have developed chronic hepatitis C—an increase of 1.1 million over The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) estimate of 4.1 million cases. Click here for more.
While you’re out grabbing your morning coffee, why not pick up a USA Today and check out our special report on hepatitis C? You can also check it out online here.
Is there anything a good cup of coffee (or three) can’t do? Not only does coffee consumption slow liver disease progression and increase the chances of success while undergoing treatment for chronic hepatitis C infection, but drinking three or more cups a day also appears to reduce the incidence of hep C treatment side effects by more than 80 percent. Click here for more.
New drugs will offer people with hard-to-treat hepatitis C genotype 1 a second chance to clear their virus. Click here for more.
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