Wednesday, April 12, 2006


Peginterferon - Two Studies Recruiting HCV Patients


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...

Primary Biliary Cirrhosis
Title: Primary Biliary CirrhosisCategory: Diseases and ConditionsCreated: 12/31/1997Last Editorial Review: 9/17/2005

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

Ability to Culture Hepatitis C Virus Leads to Research Advancements
By overcoming the difficulties of culturing live HCV, scientists are now capable of studying the virus more closely. We anticipate this progress will open the door to hepatitis C treatment and prevention....

Report: County high in suicides
shared by mfeed Eureka Times-Standard - Humboldt County continued to have high rates of suicide, drug overdoses and deaths in general, according to recently released state statistics. The California Department of Health Services released the 2006 County Health Status Profiles this week in ...... Read more... blink it

Indenix is Nearing Phase III for Valopicitabine
It is always good to see progress with alternatives to current medical therapy for HCV. Even though companies that are working on solutions to be used with interferon are not really offering anything groundbreaking or revolutionary, it does continue the...

Redirect Page (Hepatitis C Treatment)


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HealthCare Ventures
Contact HCV Home Mission HealthCare Ventures mission is to create, finance & manage high science health care

HCV Participants
For Our Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) Residents Family Self Sufficiency (FSS) This program is available to both Public Housing and Housing Choice Voucher participants.

HEPATITIS C MULTICULTURAL OUTREACH OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI - A
Therefore, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has prepared this fact sheet to correct a few misperceptions about HCV/HIV coinfection.

Housing Choice Vouchers - HUD
Annual Adjustment Factors (AAFs) for Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) renewal funding for calendar year 2006 - In calculating the estimate of HAP

Tuesday, April 11, 2006


Harvard Medical School - (Peginterferon) Online CME


Harvard Medical School - Online CME
Chronic hepatitis C afflicts 170 million individuals worldwide and is a major cause of morbidity and mortality. We discuss the various modes of acquisition of hepatitis C.

Chronic Hepatitis C: The Road Ahead
Program Chair Willis C. Maddrey, MD Executive Vice President for Clinical Affairs Professor of Internal Medicine The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas

Hepatitis C Top Articles
Individuals with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection who have failed on the current standard of care (peginterferon alfa plus ribavirin) currently have no viable

Hepatitis C Factsheet - Liver Health Information - The American Liver
However, there is a low prevalence of the infection in long-term spouses of people with chronic hepatitis C virus who have no other risk factor for infection.

VA National Hepatitis C Program
Treatment Recommendations for Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C (version 5, September 2003) Treatment of Patients with Cirrhosis and Portal Hypertension (version 1, October 2003)

Monday, April 10, 2006


Abbott Files for Registration of Innovative Formulation for the Treatment of HIV In South Africa (Peginterferon)


Abbott Files for Registration of Innovative Formulation for the Treatment of HIV In South Africa
FinanzNachrichten - Apr 03 7:07 PM
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, April 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Abbott ( Nachrichten / Aktienkurs ) today announced that it has filed for registration of the new tablet formulation of its HIV medicine, lopinavir/ritonavir, in South Africa.Save to My Web

Activists: Hepatitis C clinical trial unfairly excludes blacks
The Advocate - Apr 03 4:35 PM
Two advocacy groups are blasting the decision by pharmaceutical company Schering-Plough to exclude African-Americans from a clinical trial of its experimental hepatitis C treatment, a decision the company says was needed to better gauge the efficacy of the medications, The [Newark] Star-Ledger reports.Save to My Web

Age, social support linked to HIV drug adherence
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Mar 28 12:42 PM
Younger age, lack of social support, and complex regimens contribute to poor adherence to antiretroviral therapy among patients with HIV infection.Save to My Web

Age, Social Support Linked to HIV Drug Adherence
RedNova - Mar 28 1:59 PM
By Will Boggs, MDNEW YORK (Reuters HealtSave to My Web

Cytogen Announces Schedule for Clinical Data Presentations at Upcoming Medical Conferences
FinanzNachrichten - Mar 23 4:12 AM
PRINCETON, N.J., March 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Cytogen Corporation ( Nachrichten ) today announced that data from clinical studies related to the company's product QUADRAMET(R) (samarium Sm-153 lexidronam injection) will be presented at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) annual meeting April 1-5 in Washington, D.C. and the 42nd American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Save to My Web

InterMune to Release First Quarter 2006 Financial Results on April 27
[Press Release] PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance - Apr 06 1:01 PM
InterMune, Inc. today announced that it will release first quarter 2006 financial results on Thursday, April 27, 2006 at 4:00 p.m. ET.Save to My Web

Hepatitis C (Peginterferon)


Hepatitis C
Hepatitis C - origins, spread and treatment. ... References. 1. Chronic Hepatitis C; Roche Biocare Consultants Series 4 No 2; H Thomas; pp 7 9; 1994 ... 0006-4971; 1993. 9. Chronic hepatitis C and B-cell Non Hodgkin's Lymphoma ...

Chronic Hepatitis C
Digestive diseases terms and information. ... Chronic Hepatitis C. The hepatitis C virus (HCV) is one of the most important causes of ... information from government publications about chronic hepatitis C that have been reformatted ...

Hepatitis
... incidence of sexual transmission from a patient with chronic hepatitis C infection seems to be quite low, in ... times a week to treat chronic hepatitis C, peginterferon alpha needs to ...

Chronic Hepatitis
Definition - Chronic Hepatitis (CAH) is ongoing injury to the cells of the liver with inflammation which lasts for longer than six months. ... Saharan Africa and among male homosexuals and IV drug users. Chronic hepatitis C behaves differently from hepatitis B ...

Management of Hepatitis C (CBM 97-1)
... evaluation for another problem. Yet, chronic hepatitis C can be insidious and slowly progressive ... JY, Davis GL. Managing chronic hepatitis C virus infection [editorial]. BMJ 1993 ...

Hepatitis C Treatment - HCV Advocate: Hepatitis C – Living with Hepatitis C


HCV Advocate: Hepatitis C – Living with Hepatitis C
Welcome to HCVadvocate.org – Here you will find information on hepatitis C (HCV), hepatitis C treatment options, articles, newsletters; information on ...

Hepatitis C: FAQ | CDC Viral Hepatitis
Is there a vaccine for the prevention of HCV infection? ... Hepatitis C is a liver disease caused by the hepatitis C virus (HCV), which is found in the ...

Housing Choice Vouchers - HUD
The Office of Public and Indian Housing ensures safe, decent, and affordable housing, creates opportunities for residents' self-sufficiency and economic ...

Coping with HCV Infection: Alternative or Complementary Approaches ...
If you want to try alternative treatments to help you cope with your HCV ... Aromatherapy might help you cope with the side effects of your HCV treatment. ...

Hepatitis C - Everything You Need to Know
Information and resources on hepatitis C, treatments, procedures, transmission and prevention of hepatitis C.

HCV Hepatitis C Anonymous - 12 Steps - Home Page - Hep C Virus ...
HCV Hepatitis Anonymous supplies current hepatitis news & information on Hepatitis C (HCV), 12 steps, big book, positive attitudes, online HCV meetings and ...

Sunday, April 09, 2006


Hepatitis C, Chronic (Interferon)


Hepatitis C, Chronic
... Ribavirin in patients with moderate or severe chronic hepatitis C as determined by liver biopsy ... proven superior efficacy in treating chronic hepatitis C has necessitated review of ...

Hepatitis, Chronic - Chronic Hepatitis - information page with HONselect
... HONcode - Chronic Hepatitis C: Current Disease Management ... Narrow term(s): - Hepatitis, Autoimmune - Hepatitis B, Chronic - Hepatitis C, Chronic ...

Chronic Hepatitis C: Current Disease Management
Heartburn Aid - Information Center. Chronic Hepatitis C: Current Disease Management. On this page: Introduction

Chronic Hepatitis C: Current Disease Management
From the National Institutes of Health. Resources on the treatment of hepatitis C as well as risk factors, symptoms, and diagnosis.

Hawaii AETC | Links
... Amantadine Therapy for Chronic Hepatitis C: A Randomized Double-blind Placebo-controlled Trial ... After Cessation of Interferon-Alpha Therapy for Chronic Hepatitis C Infection (PDF ...

Hepatitis C
Hepatitis C - origins, spread and treatment. ... References. 1. Chronic Hepatitis C; Roche Biocare Consultants Series 4 No 2; H Thomas; pp 7 9; 1994 ... 0006-4971; 1993. 9. Chronic hepatitis C and B-cell Non Hodgkin's Lymphoma ...

Hepatitis C: Recent Treatment Strategies
... associate a currently diagnosed case of chronic hepatitis C with sexual behavior of recent ... between the TCM differentiations of chronic hepatitis C and clinical determination results ...

Peginterferon - HCV Advocate: Hepatitis C Living with Hepatitis C


HCV Advocate: Hepatitis C Living with Hepatitis C
Welcome to HCVadvocate.org Here you will find information on hepatitis C (HCV), hepatitis C treatment options, articles, newsletters; information on living with hepatitis C.

Hepatitis C Complete health information regarding HCV on
Learn and become aware of Hepatitis C includes a complete description of the virus, transmission, prevention, symptoms, diagnosis, and forms of treatment.

Hepatitis C
The main reason for the drastic increase in severe hepatitis C-related liver disease--that means leading to transplant, leading to death--is that 90 percent of people with chronic

Hepatitis C
An inflammation of the liver caused by the hepatitis C virus. Causes and risks Hepatitis C (HCV) is the most common chronic bloodborne infection in the United States.

Index | CDC Viral Hepatitis
Hepatitis C : is a liver disease caused by the hepatitis C virus (HCV), which is found in the blood of persons who have the disease.

Hepatitis C Virus Infection in Cocaine Users: A Silent Epidemic
A silent epidemic. Research news from the Medical College of Wisconsin.