Saturday, April 08, 2006


Hepatitis Still a Frustrating (Hepatitis C Treatment Options) Foe


Hepatitis Still a Frustrating Foe
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Despite the efforts of a slew of companies, the virus refuses to give up the fight.Save to My Web

Chinese Patients With Chronic Hepatitis B Respond Better To Telbivudine Than Lamivudine
Medical News Today - Mar 27 4:05 PM
Idenix Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: IDIX) and Novartis (NYSE: NVS) todayannounced new data that demonstrate telbivudine, an investigational oral,once-daily nucleoside analogue, provided significantly greater antiviral andclinical efficacy in Chinese patients with chronic hepatitis B (CHB) afterone-year of treatment when compared with a current standard of care,lamivudine... click link for more Save to My Web

Hepatitis C Market: Plenty Of Potential,But Little Progress
Investor's Business Daily via Yahoo! News - Mar 31 4:00 PM
The month of March was not kind to a pair of companies racing to find a cure or vaccine for hepatitis C, the often fatal liver disease that's been called a global epidemic by the World Health Organization.Save to My Web

Hep C Treatment Options HepCFight.com (Hepatitis C Treatment Options)


Hep C Treatment Options HepCFight.com
Learn about your hepatitis C treatment options. There are medications available that may lower your viral load to the point where it's no longer detectable.

Hep C Awareness
Hepatitis C: Treatment Issues and Options. for more information about Hep C and Eddystone, click here. Introduction. The information below is not a definitive guide to treatment for HCV infection.

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Friday, April 07, 2006


Treating Chronic Mutational Hepatitis B with Chinese Medicine (Hepatitis C Treatment Options)

Treating Chronic Mutational Hepatitis B with Chinese Medicine Vitalliver (Vigconic Suppositories)


Treating chronic mutational hepatitis B with Chinese medicine Vitalliver (Vigconic suppositories)


ZHANG GUAN HUA, LIANG CHAO, ZHENG WAN PIN


Chengdu University of TCM, Hepatitis Laboratory in the attached hospital of Chengdu University of TCM, Sichuan, China

Research Method:

Quantitative determination by contrasting HBV-DNA of cases before and after the treatment.

Number of cases: 25 (n)

Case Selection: Between the age of 16 and 65, in accordance with the diagnosis standards pf chronic Hepatitis B, with negative e antigen and positive e antibody, HBV-DNA > 1 104 cp/mL.

Detection Method: All the blood samples are detected by Sichuan Clinical Detection Center; PCR-ELISA quantitative determination is used within detection range of 1 104 - 1 107-8, HBV-DNA, unit of measurement is cp/mL.

Direction Plan: one suppository provided by Vigconic (International) Ltd. Bid. The course of treatment is six months, the tracing observation after withdrawal lasts six months.

Observation index:


  1. HBV-DNA response after the treatment.

  2. Lasting HBV-DNA response (six months after withdrawal).
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Criterion of Therapeutic Effect:


  1. If HBV-DNA volume 1 104 cp/mL: 4/25 (16%)

  2. Lasting response:


HBV-DNA volume 1 104 cp/mL: 2/25 (8%)

Among the results of lasting response, 16 blood serum samples are detected through fluorimetric quantitative determination PCR by the instruments of PE.USD, H-7700 in the second attached hospital of Guangzhou Medical College. The result is in accordance with that in Sichuan Clinical Testing Center. (8 cases among it 1 102 cp/mL). The testing range of this testing method is 1 102 - 1 107-8 cp/mL.

Conclusion

The reason for the repeatedly abnormal liver function of Chronic Hepatitis B (CHB) patients lies in the repeatedly duplication of HBV after infection, which leads to fibrosis of liver, then cirrhosis and liver cancer. It is commonly accepted that if CHB shows the transformation of HBeAg/Anti-HBe, HBV-DNA becoming negative, liver function returning to normal state, the disease is relieved. However, parts of patients with the transformation of HBeAg/Anti-HBe still remain positive in HBV-DNA and the pathological change in the liver continues. Because HBV-DNA occurs promoter mutation in the anterior C section (1896 necleoside G-A variation) or in the C section (1762 nucleoside T variation, 1764 G-A variation), HBeAg cannot come into being. Therefore, the HBeAg in the patient s blood cannot be detected, while the virus can keep on duplicating and fixing itself. Through sequential assay of nucleic acid, it proves that promoter mutation appears in 30%-60% of HBeAg negative Chronic Hepatitis B (CHB) in the anterior C section or in the C section. In some provinces and cities of the People of China, the percentage of promoter mutation appears in HBeAg negative Chronic Hepatitis B (CHB) in the anterior C section or in the C section is from 17.6% to 78.9%. Eight out of the 25 cases of our observation go through the sequential assay of nucleic acid carried out by the Department of Microbiology of the University of Hong Kong. It all proves to have HBV-DNA mutation. The chronic mutational Hepatitis B is infectious and apt to cause cirrhosis and liver cancer since the present medicines of antivirus and immuno-modulator do not produce the expected therapeutic effects.

Vitalliver suppository is made up from a formula of Chinese herbs, including Ginseng, Deer Horn, Cordyceps, Radix Astragali, Frudctus Cnidii, Semen Cuscutae, etc. The formula is mainly for strengthening the body resistant and primarily for reinforcing Kidney Qi, which produces good therapeutic effects in treating chronic mutational Hepatitis B. The mechanism is probably that through the regulating of immune system, the duplication of virus is inhibited and meanwhile the liver is protected, so it can produce a lasting therapeutic effect. No adverse reaction and severe accident happens during clinical observation, so it is safe for using. Vitalliver is bringing hopes to the treatment of chronic mutational Hepatitis B.

* The second stage of clinical trial would be carrying out by the Microbiology Department of the University of Hong Kong and Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine.

For more information, please visit: http://www.vigconic.com


Or, contact:


William Yip cs@vigconic.com
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5/F, Cheung Wah Building, Sheung Heung Rd,


Kowloon, Hong Kong


Tel: 852-27656200


Fax: 852-27645314
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Chengdu University of TCM, Hepatitis Laboratory in the attached hospital of Chengdu University of TCM, Sichuan, China


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World J Gastroenterol (Hepatitis C Treatment Options)


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Thursday, April 06, 2006


Hepatitis C Treatment Options - Relative Risks Of Cirrhosis From Non-alcoholic Steatohepatitis


Relative Risks Of Cirrhosis From Non-alcoholic Steatohepatitis
Medical News Today - Apr 06 8:10 AM
Cirrhosis related to non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is associated with fewer complications and a lower mortality compared to cirrhosis from hepatitis C, despite NASH patients' greater risk of dying from cardiovascular events. These findings are published in the April 2006 issue of Hepatology, the official journal of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD)... click Save to My Web

CLASSES
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Wednesday, April 05, 2006


Primary Biliary Cirrhosis (Hepatitis C Treatment Options)


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Tuesday, April 04, 2006


Shorter Therapy Effective for Genotypes 2 and 3 (Hepatitis C Treatment Options)


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Monday, April 03, 2006


Relative risks of cirrhosis from non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (Hepatitis C Treatment Options)


Relative risks of cirrhosis from non-alcoholic steatohepatitis
EurekAlert - Morbidity and mortality lower than for Hepatitis C, but still notable Cirrhosis related to non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is associated with fewer complications and a lower mortality compared to cirrhosis from hepatitis C, despite NASH patients

U.S. to deploy non-nuclear deterrents
World Peace Herald - WASHINGTON -- U.S. Strategic Command wants to deploy conventional weapons on Trident submarines within two years, the four-star general in charge of U.S. nuclear forces said. The conversion of some nuclear missiles to precision-guided conventional