Ultrasound (Cirrhosis)

Ultrasound
Title: UltrasoundCategory: Procedures and TestsCreated: 12/31/1997Last Editorial Review: 10/15/2005

Your Results May Vary For HCV Treatment
According to this study, actual treatment results may be only half as good as touted. Doctors tend to trust the numbers presented by the pharaceutical companies. The pharmaceutical companies have a vested interest in presenting the best numbers they can...

More HCV Treatment News Coverage
The Los Angeles Times is one of the largest daily newspapers in the U.S. Their interest in HCV is indicative of a growing awareness of the extent of the disease in this country. The article clearly focuses on the hope...

HCV Vaccine Progress
The development of a HCV vaccine is very exciting, even to patients already infected. Although the vaccine will not help them direcly, it shows definite progress in understanding and outsmarting this virus that is known to be difficult to combat...

Weight-based Treatment of HCV
Weight-based dosing has always made sense to us. We don't really understand why Roche has not changed their dosing to weight-based. Although the difference is subtle, it is certainly significant according to this study. You must also note, though, that...