Workshop will translate poetry into movement (Cirrhosis)

Workshop will translate poetry into movement
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - 9 hours agoPoetry in motion is one thing, but how do you bring your words from the page to the stage? Find out at the Poetry in Performance Workshop at the Kelly-Strayhorn Theater in East Liberty. Thursday's workshop ...

French unions and students mass for protests
Reuters.uk - 2 hours agoBy Tom Heneghan. PARIS (Reuters) - Protesters and police geared up for mass demonstrations across France on Saturday as pressure mounted on the conservative government to cancel a new law that students and unions fear will undermine job security. ...

Panel Backs Emissions Standards
Washington Post - Mar 16, 2006An independent panel of engineers and health and public policy experts assembled by the National Research Council has concluded that the nation will benefit if California remains free to set automobile emissions standards that are more restrictive than ...

Market Place Now GM Has Woes on Audits
New York Times - 8 hours agoThere was a time when General Motors was seen as the paragon of financial quality. Its bonds were rated triple A, and it was known for the most conservative accounting. Let other companies use liberal accounting ...

Arizona 94, Wisconsin 75 (Cirrhosis)

Arizona 94, Wisconsin 75
Boston Herald - 39 minutes agoBy Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA - Arizona sent a message to anyone who considers it an underdog because of a disappointing regular season. Behind tough defense and outstanding shooting, the eighth-seeded Wildcats had little trouble against No. ...

Idaho governor picked as next interior secretary
Native Times - 42 minutes agoThe former leader of the National Congress of American Indians is looking for Indian tribes to be cautious regarding Idaho Gov. Dirk Kempthorne, the man President Bush has tapped to be the new interior secretary. ...

Elections approved, despite objections
Seattle Times - 12 hours agoOver the bitter objections of some black leaders, the US Justice Department approved a plan Thursday for New Orleans' first elections since Hurricane Katrina. The department still needs to approve a few polling ...

GM adds $2 billion US to 2005 loss
CBC News - 2 hours agoGeneral Motors Corp. has increased its previously reported 2005 loss by $2 billion US, raising the total to $10.6 billion US. The share loss is now $18.59 US, compared with $15.13 US reported on Jan. 26. An ...

Ways You Can Get Infected With Hepatitis C(NC)-Hepatitis (Cirrhosis)

Ways You Can Get Infected With Hepatitis C

(NC)-Hepatitis C is spread through contact with infected blood. Here are just some of the ways in which you can be infected with this virus:

Sharing needles, straws, pipes, spoons and other drug-related equipment.

(At least two-thirds of all new hepatitis C infections are drug-use related. Cleaning equipment with bleach does not always effectively kill the virus) p>

Getting a tattoo, body piercing or acupuncture from an operator who does not use sterile equipment or techniques

Being born to a mother with hepatitis C

Getting pierced by a needle or sharp equipment that has infected blood on it ( in a hospital, workplace situation, etc.) p>

People who had blood transfusions before the testing of blood donations became mandatory in 1990 may also be at risk. And, while the risk is low, it is also possible to become infected by sharing personal household articles such as a razor or toothbrush with an infected person. The risk of transmission of hepatitis C during sex is also low, unless both parties have open bleeding sores.

It is estimated that 240, 000 people in Canada are currently infected with hepatitis C, of whom only 30% know they have the virus.

If you think you may be at risk, either now or from past risky activities see a doctor. The virus can be detected with a simple blood test, and there are steps and medications you can take to successfully minimize the effects of the disease if your diagnosis is positive. For more information, visit Health Canada's Web site at www.healthcanada.ca/hepc.

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News Canada is a niche service in public relations, offering access to print, radio, television, and now the Internet media, with ready-to-use, editorial "fill" items. Monitoring and analysis are two more of our primary services. The service supplies access to the national media for marketers in the private, the public, and the not-for-profit sectors. Your corporate and product news, consumer tips and information are packaged in a variety of ready-to-use formats and are made available to every Canadian media organization including weekly and daily newspapers, cable and commercial television stations, radio stations, as well as the Web sites Canadians visit most often. Visit News Canada and learn more about the NC services.

What is Hepatitis C?(NC)-Hepatitis C is an infectious (Cirrhosis)

What is Hepatitis C?

(NC)-Hepatitis C is an infectious virus that is carried in the blood and harms the liver. About 240,000 Canadians are infected, many of whom are unaware that they even have it. The number of people with hepatitis C is increasing in Canada and around the world, primarily among those who share needles and other drug equipment. An estimated 5,000 Canadians - mostly young people - get this virus each year. p>

Although the hepatitis C virus has been around for a long time, it was only identified in 1989. It causes inflammation of the liver, which often progresses to cirrhosis (scarring that makes it difficult for the liver to function normally). Of the estimated 5,000 people that are newly infected each year, up to 70 percent experience no symptoms. For some, symptoms may not show up for 20 or 30 years. In the meantime, they may, unknowingly, be infecting others. That is why it is important to know if you are at risk and how to take preventative action.

If you think you have hepatitis C, or that you may be at risk, visit your doctor and ask for the simple blood test for this disease. For more information, contact a health care professional, and visit Health Canada's Web site at www.healthcanada.ca/hepc.

About The Author

News Canada provides a wide selection of current, ready-to-use copyright free news stories and ideas for Television, Print, Radio, and the Web.

News Canada is a niche service in public relations, offering access to print, radio, television, and now the Internet media, with ready-to-use, editorial "fill" items. Monitoring and analysis are two more of our primary services. The service supplies access to the national media for marketers in the private, the public, and the not-for-profit sectors. Your corporate and product news, consumer tips and information are packaged in a variety of ready-to-use formats and are made available to every Canadian media organization including weekly and daily newspapers, cable and commercial television stations, radio stations, as well as the Web sites Canadians visit most often. Visit News Canada and learn more about the NC services.

Japan confirms 23rd mad cow case (Cirrhosis)

Japan confirms 23rd mad cow case
Xinhua - 1 hour agoTOKYO, March 15 (Xinhuanet) -- A 68-month-old diary cow on a farm in northern Japan's Hokkaido was confirmed to have contracted mad cow disease, the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare announced Wednesday. ...

Autistic Basketball Star Makes Bush Weep
ABC News - 1 hour agoPresident Bush told Jason "J-Mac" McElwain that his amazing performance on the basketball court was inspirational. (ABC News). March 15, 2006 There are some moments in life when time stands still. For Jason ...

Blondie call it quits
Ireland Online - 6 hours agoPunk icons Blondie's upcoming co-headlining US tour with the reunited The Cars will be the group's last. Singer Deborah Harry, who was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in New York on Monday night ...

DuPont Raises 1Q, 2006 Profit Forecast
Houston Chronicle - 1 hour agoNEW YORK Chemicals maker DuPont Co. raised its first-quarter and full-year earnings outlook Wednesday, citing an improved operating performance across many of its businesses. The company's shares added ...

Drug shown to reverse effects of heart disease
Irish Times - Mar 13, 2006Thousands of patients here could benefit from a significant breakthrough in the treatment of heart disease. People with coronary heart disease who were treated with a high dose of a cholesterol-lowering drug ...

Aryan Brotherhood members to testify Wednesday for prosecution
San Jose Mercury News - 6 hours agoSANTA ANA, Calif. - Testimony will begin Wednesday in the federal government's racketeering case against the notorious Aryan Brotherhood prison gang, with prosecution witnesses describing their recruitment ...

A Summary of Chronic Hepatitis C InfectionHepatitis C (Cirrhosis)

A Summary of Chronic Hepatitis C Infection

Hepatitis C is a stealthy virus that mutates while hiding in liver cells and other organ cells like the spleen and gall bladder. The fact that the viral cells "hide" makes it very difficult for the body's immune system to eradicate it. Hepatitis C is a slowly progressing disease sometimes taking many years until symptoms are noticeable. It is at this point that the virus has reached advanced chronic stage and becomes difficult to eradicate. Hepatitis C results in 8,000 to 10,000 deaths annually. Hepatitis C is also the leading cause of liver transplants in the U.S.

Hepatitis C infection is caused by blood contact with someone who has the virus infection himself. The transmission of the virus can occur by illicit drug use with needles, sharing toothbrushes or razors with an infected person, by sexual means, by unsanitary tattooing or by exposure to blood at your workplace (like a hospital or blood bank). Some HCV infection may have been caused by receiving blood from a transfusion prior to 1992.

Hepatitis C is diagnosed via a blood test. Usually, the first thing that is noticed is that the liver enzyme levels for ALT and AST are elevated well above normal levels. Further investigation via HCV-RNA testing identifies whether the Hepatitis C virus is in your blood or not. Other tests for HCV include qualitative viral load tests, which measure the RNA particles in your blood. If you are being treated for HCV, your doctor is probably using either a HCV-RNA or viral load test to determine the effectiveness of the treatment.

The symptoms of Hepatitis C infection often do not occur in a person until 20 years after he/she had been infected. Since the HCV infects the liver and the liver is the organ in the body that makes all the energy for our daily activities possible, liver function deterioration often results in fatigue. Fatigue is the primary complaint or symptom of HCV infection. Other more severe symptoms are jaundice (yellowing of the skin/eyes), bile retention (which can cause jaundice), portal vein hypertension, skin rashes and itching, and autoimmune problems resulting from your body's immune system attacking normal cells.

Long term HCV infection may result in fibrosis or even cirrhosis of the liver. Fibrosis results from unchecked liver inflammation. As the HCV infection progresses, the damage to the liver results in scarring or hardening of the liver cells (fibrosis). Long term fibrosis may lead to cirrhosis which is when the scarring from fibrosis overtakes the normal liver cell structure causing deformity and loss of function in the liver. About 15%-20% of HCV patients end up with cirrhosis. A liver biopsy is currently the most accurate means of determining the amount of inflammation and fibrosis the liver has sustained.

Hepatitis C progression in the body can take several years or even decades to come to chronic stage or to a stage where severe liver damage is evident. This period of time allows a person to determine how to properly treat the disease and to decide on a course of disease management. Currently, the main treatment for HCV infection to eradicate the virus is combo alpha-interferon and Ribavirin. Sometimes a doctor may prescribe interferon alone. Interferon comes in standard form or in pegylated form. Standard form interferon is administered 3 times per week, while the pegylated form is administered only once per week. Your body makes its own interferon, which is a protein that fights viral infection and viral replication.

Hepatitis C may often be managed by taking herbal and vitamin supplements that help your body fight infection and limit inflammation. These supplements help your liver with the inflammation and give it the nutrients it needs to regenerate healthy new cells. Your doctor can recommend alternative or adjunct solutions you may want to try.

Proper treatment of the disease, a healthy and active lifestyle, a good diet, abstinence from alcohol and stress management are important factors in controlling Hepatitis C progression.

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AstraZeneca Drug Is First to Reverse Artery Blockages (Update2) (Cirrhosis)

AstraZeneca Drug Is First to Reverse Artery Blockages (Update2)
Bloomberg - 10 hours agoMarch 13 (Bloomberg) -- AstraZeneca Plc's cholesterol- lowering drug Crestor reduced artery-clogging plaque in test patients, the first time a pill has ever reversed the years of damage that lead to heart attacks, researchers said. ...

S Korea PM offers to stand down
BBC News - 5 hours agoSouth Korea's Prime Minister Lee Hae-chan has offered to resign for playing golf when he was supposed to be dealing with a national railway strike. Mr Lee was criticised by opponents and some newspapers for ...

Ortiz powers Dominicans past Cuba 7-3
USA Today - 2 hours agoBy Jorge L. Ortiz, USA TODAY. SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico The trouble with fielding a power-packed lineup is it becomes easy to rely solely on its might. The Dominican Republic flexed some of its muscle in Monday's ...

Fire deaths in Texas rise to 11
Houston Chronicle - 3 hours agoBy THOMAS KOROSEC and JOHN W. GONZALEZ. As one of the largest wildfires in Texas history approached their home in the small Panhandle town of Lefors, Linda and Randy Jones herded their dogs and cat into their ...

McClatchey to sell Contra Costa Times, Mercury News (Cirrhosis)

McClatchey to sell Contra Costa Times, Mercury News
San Jose Mercury News - 38 minutes agoBy Pete Carey. McClatchy Co. announced today that it will acquire Knight-Ridder in a deal valued at approximately $4.5 billion, and plans to sell 12 of the San Jose newspaper company's 32 papers, including the Contra Costa Times. ...

The Net's New Age
BusinessWeek - 16 hours agoIntel blamed market share losses to AMD in part for a sales shortfall this quarter. Will the slide continue? Just wait. The tables will turn and Intel will regain share. In a small deal that signals big changes on the Internet, Google announced Mar. ...

Judge halts Moussaoui death trial for 2 days
Reuters - 2 hours agoBy Deborah Charles. ALEXANDRIA, Virginia (Reuters) - A federal judge on Monday put on hold the death penalty case against September 11 conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui, declaring angrily she found it "very difficult ...

'Old Christine' kills the 'Seinfeld' curse
USA Today - 16 hours agoBy Robert Bianco, USA TODAY. One of TV's most-missed performers, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, returns for a second shot at post-Seinfeld stardom with The New Adventures of Old Christine. And this time, she's back in style. ...

Actress Maureen Stapleton dead at age 80
Reuters - 1 hour agoLOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Veteran character actress Maureen Stapleton, an Oscar and Tony winner famed for feisty, down-to-earth stage roles in Tennessee Williams' plays and for such films as "Reds" and "Cocoon," died on Monday at age 80. ...

Small plane with three aboard crashes in ocean off Santa Monica (Cirrhosis)

Small plane with three aboard crashes in ocean off Santa Monica
San Jose Mercury News - 55 minutes agoSANTA MONICA, Calif. - A small plane with apparent engine trouble crashed into Santa Monica Bay on Monday, killing one person, injuring a second and leaving a third missing, authorities said. The rescued person ...

Update 12: Southwest Fires Scorch Texas and NM
Forbes - 1 hour agoBy BETSY BLANEY , 03.13.2006, 02:16 PM. Firefighters battled wind-driven wildfires Monday that raced across hundreds of thousands of acres of the dry southern Plains, forced the evacuation of several small towns and killed at least seven people. ...

'Seinfeld' curse may have met its match
San Diego Union Tribune - 8 hours agoBy Karla Peterson. From the low-life high jinks of My Name Is Earl to the deadpan realism of The Office, television's best new comedies are all about ignoring television's old comedy rules. The jokes are rooted in character, not punch lines. ...

Feingold to call for rare presidential censure
CNN - 5 hours agoThe Senate has censured a president only once -- in 1834, when an anti-administration coalition demanded that President Andrew Jackson produce a document having to do with his veto of a bill to recharter the Bank of the United States. ...

Capital One to buy North Fork for $14.6 bln
Reuters - 3 hours agoBy Mark McSherry and Jonathan Stempel. NEW YORK, March 13 (Reuters) - Capital One Financial Corp (COF.N: Quote, Profile, Research) said it will buy North Fork Bancorp Inc. (NFB.N: Quote, Profile, Research) for ...

Liver Blood Tests (Cirrhosis)

Liver Blood Tests
Title: Liver Blood TestsCategory: Procedures and TestsCreated: 6/2/1998Last Editorial Review: 8/27/2005

Vaccination Tames Hepatitis A Infection
Title: Vaccination Tames Hepatitis A InfectionCategory: Health NewsCreated: 7/13/2005 1:58:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 7/13/2005 1:58:14 AM

Hepatitis B
Title: Hepatitis BCategory: Diseases and ConditionsCreated: 1/26/2001 11:58:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 9/21/2005

Pill Form of Therapy for HCV Coming Closer
This report is an update of therapy progress presented at the AASLD (American Academy for the Study of Liver Diseases). Three separate approaches are covered. Yes, progress is being made....

Healthy Habits: What Your Doctor Wants You To Know
Title: Healthy Habits: What Your Doctor Wants You To KnowCategory: Doctor's ViewsCreated: 12/9/2005Last Editorial Review: 12/22/2005

Diplomacy should neutralize West s psywar (Cirrhosis)

Diplomacy should neutralize West s psywar
Tehran Times - 32 minutes agoTEHRAN The Islamic Republic of Iran has placed nuclear negotiations with other countries on its agenda, Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi insisted on Monday. Negotiations on Iran s nuclear ...

The Net's New Age
BusinessWeek - 15 hours agoIntel blamed market share losses to AMD in part for a sales shortfall this quarter. Will the slide continue? Just wait. The tables will turn and Intel will regain share. In a small deal that signals big changes on the Internet, Google announced Mar. ...

Shiite Vigilantes Kill 4 in Sign of Lawlessness in Baghdad
New York Times - 1 hour agoBAGHDAD, Iraq, March 13 Shiite vigilantes seized four men suspected of terrorist attacks, interrogated them, beat them, executed them and left their bodies hanging from lampposts in a Shiite slum today, according to witnesses and government officials. ...

Samsung begins making DDR2 with 80-nanometer process
Macworld - 6 hours agoSamsung Electronics Co. Ltd. has begun mass production of 512Mbit DDR (double data rate 2) DRAM (dynamic RAM) chips using an 80-nanometer production process, the company said Monday. The 80-nanometer production ...

September 11 trial halted amid witness coaching claims
Times Online - 40 minutes agoThe death penalty trial of a confessed al-Qaeda conspirator was unexpectedly halted today by a judge who criticised Government lawyers for violating Zacarias Moussaoui s constitutional rights by coaching witnesses. ...

Pegasys Shown More Effective In Study (Cirrhosis)

Pegasys Shown More Effective In Study
Schering and Roche are taking part in dueling press releases. Each claiming their solution is better. Either way, they seem to be splitting hairs regarding effectiveness. There is no clear winner when they keep firing PR salvos back and forth....

Two Studies Recruiting HCV Patients
Sho-saiko-to is the number one liver remedy in Japan. It has been prescribed to over 1.5 million patients (in Japan, doctors medically prescribe certain natural remedies, just like doctors prescribe pharmaceutical drugs in the U.S.). Based on the large body...

Hepatitis C Patients Taxing Medical System
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Hepatitis B (Cirrhosis)

Hepatitis B
Title: Hepatitis BCategory: Diseases and ConditionsCreated: 1/26/2001 11:58:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 9/21/2005

Pegasys Shown More Effective In Study
Schering and Roche are taking part in dueling press releases. Each claiming their solution is better. Either way, they seem to be splitting hairs regarding effectiveness. There is no clear winner when they keep firing PR salvos back and forth....

Infectious Mononucleosis
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Conclusions About Milk Thistle
A May 2005 review of clinical studies which casts doubt on milk thistle's value has recently been re-released into the press. Alternatively, an extensive amount of research supports the continued usage of this herb at higher dosages. Researchers of the...

Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI Scan)
Title: Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI Scan)Category: Procedures and TestsCreated: 12/31/1997Last Editorial Review: 8/31/2005

UK's FTSE 100 Index Nears a 5-Year High; LSE, Vodafone Gain (Cirrhosis)

UK's FTSE 100 Index Nears a 5-Year High; LSE, Vodafone Gain
Bloomberg - 3 hours agoMarch 13 (Bloomberg) -- The UK benchmark stock index rose for a third day, reaching its highest in almost five years. London Stock Exchange Plc led gains in the broader FTSE 250 Index after the bourse received ...

Aspirin 'top choice' for lowering heart risk
Independent Online - 2 hours agoAtlanta, Georgia - Aspirin remains the drug of choice to reduce the risk of heart disease, researchers said here. Researchers made the conclusion in a study evaluating whether taking aspirin with the blood ...

Duke is No. 1 in final poll for seventh time
SI.com - 47 minutes agoDuke was back in a familiar place in The Associated Press' final college basketball poll Monday. The Blue Devils (30-3), the overall No. 1 seed in the NCAA tournament, were the top-ranked team in the season's final poll for the fifth time since 1999. ...

Ex-Judge in Iraq Stands by Death Sentences for 148 Shiites
New York Times - 35 minutes agoBAGHDAD, Iraq, March 13 A former judge in Saddam Hussein's Revolutionary Court acknowledged today that he sentenced 148 Shiites to death in 1984, but he said they had received a proper trial and had confessed to trying to assassinate the former Iraqi ...

Thousands rally for showdown march against Thai PM
Reuters - 3 hours agoBy Pracha Hariraksapitak. BANGKOK (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of protesters trying to overthrow Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra staged an all-night rally in Bangkok on Monday as a warm-up to a dawn march on his office. ...

Judge halts Moussaoui death trial for 2 days
Reuters - 38 minutes agoBy Deborah Charles. ALEXANDRIA, Virginia (Reuters) - A federal judge on Monday put on hold the death penalty case against September 11 conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui, declaring angrily she found it "very difficult ...