Hepatitis C Patients Taxing Medical System Health Scout - Dec 30 1:58 PM
About 3 million people in the United States have chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV), and many of them contracted it in the 1970s, before testing and safe needle-sharing practices became widespread. Health experts have been predicting an increasing impact on the health system as these people grow older.Save to My Web
MSPs vote against blood inquiry BBC News - Dec 22 9:46 AM
MSPs voted against a public inquiry into the contamination of blood products in the 1980s.Save to My Web
S.C. patients might have gotten stolen body parts The State - Dec 30 12:35 AM
CHARLESTON At least 41 patients of Charleston-area hospitals have been notified that they might have received transplants of stolen human tissue in connection with a case in New York that involved workers at funeral homes taking parts from dead bodies.This is happening to hospitals all over the country, said Tricia Crimminger, spokeswoman for Roper St. Francis, which notified 31 patients. We Save to My Web
Letters sent to 41 S.C. patients about tissue scandal Myrtle Beach Online - Dec 29 11:05 AM
CHARLESTON, S.C. - At least 41 patients of Charleston-area hospitals have been notified that they may have received transplants of stolen human tissue in connection with a case in New York that involved workers at funeral homes taking parts from dead bodies.Save to My Web
SciClone Reports Results From First ZADAXIN Phase 3 Hepatitis C Trial [Press Release] Market Wire via Yahoo! Finance - Dec 14 3:30 AM
SciClone Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced top-line results from the first of its two phase 3 clinical trials using ZADAXIN in combination with pegylated interferon alpha to treat patients with hepatitis C virus who have failed previous interferon-based therapy. Treatment with ZADAXIN and pegylated interferon alpha did not demonstrate a statistically significant benefit compared to Save to My Web
Bismarck doctors researching hepatitis treatment in prison KXMA-TV Dickinson - Dec 27 6:27 AM
Doctors are researching the treatment of a form of hepatitis among North Dakota prisoners. Four Bismarck doctors are collecting information on the use of a drug called Consensus Interferon to treat hepatitis 'C' in prisons in the state.Save to My Web
