Hepatitis C Facts - Dynavax hepatitis vaccine shows promise

Dynavax hepatitis vaccine shows promise
BusinessWeek - DEC. 19 9:09 A.M. ET Dynavax Technologies Corp., a biopharmaceutical focused on treatments for allergies, infectious and chronic inflammatory diseases, said Monday a mid-stage trial of its hepatitis B virus, or HBV, vaccine was successful, warranting

Liver Cancer, Hepatitis C Connection Gets Clearer
Heart Info - WEDNESDAY, Dec. 7 (HealthDay News) -- Scientists have long noted a link between chronic hepatitis C infection and an increased risk for liver cancer , and a new study may help explain why. "What we've found is that one of the hepatitis C virus

Legal blow in fight for hepatitis C inquiry
Scotsman - CAMPAIGNERS were dealt a blow yesterday in their fight for a public inquiry into why hundreds of people contracted hepatitis C through contaminated blood transfusions in the 1980s. A judge refused to break Scottish legal ground by protecting

The spectrum of thyroid dysfunction in an Australian hepatitis C
BioMed Central - The cases of 272 patients who received combination therapy between 1995 and end of March 2004 at the John Hunter hospital Hepatitis C service were reviewed. All other causes of chronic hepatitis were excluded. No patient had dual Hepatitis B and C

Coffee and tea might reduce liver disease risks
Nutra Ingredients USA - 12/6/2005 - Drinking more than two cups of coffee or tea daily appears to cut the risk of chronic liver disease by half, reports new research from America. The principle finding of this large, national, population-based prospective study was that