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Newly approved drugs cure Hepatitis Cabc13.comHOUSTON (KTRK) -- More than three million Americans have Hepatitis C, which can destroy the liver. You can get Hepatitis C from a blood transfusion before 1992 because of contaminated needles, and sexual transmission. There was no cure, but now, ...See all stories on this topic »

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Survey Finds Support for Universal Hep C TestingAIDSmeds.com HIV/AIDS Treatment NewsUniversal testing for hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, as opposed to testing based on known risk factors, is the way to go, according to a survey of people attending general outpatient clinics in Seattle. While most patients surveyed preferred to ...See all stories on this topic »

Better treatment for hepatitis C patients, New drugs up cure rate and cut down ...Bend BulletinBy Betsy Q. Cliff / The Bulletin Most people with hepatitis C don't know they have it. The disease can be diagnosed with a blood test given by your primary care provider or at Deschutes or Crook county health departments . Hepatitis C patients have a ...See all stories on this topic »

Noninvasive tests predicted survival in chronic hepatitis CHemOncTodayNoninvasive tests for fibrosis and liver stiffness predicted 5-year survival in patients with chronic hepatitis C, according to researchers from CHU Bordeaux in France. “The evaluation of liver fibrosis is a key step to manage a chronic liver disease ...See all stories on this topic »

Hepatitis C sufferer tells of close callEdinburgh Evening NewsA blood test soon proved what he had suspected might be the problem - hepatitis C. The lucky part is that if he'd left it much longer, he would now be dead. "They told me that if I'd left it another year before getting a blood test and the diagnosis ...See all stories on this topic »

Pharmasset enters clinical collaboration pact with Tibotec for a combo study ...pharmabiz.com... study the safety and efficacy of PSI-7977, Pharmasset's investigational nucleotide polymerase inhibitor, in combination with TMC435, Tibotec Pharmaceuticals' investigational protease inhibitor, for the treatment of chronic Hepatitis C Virus (HCV). ...See all stories on this topic »

Driven to livephillyBurbs.com (blog) Ann Mann-Hester believes she contracted hepatitis C from a blood transfusion in a Philadelphia hospital while delivering one of her four children. Hepatitis C is a viral disease that leads to swelling of the liver. There often aren't any symptoms ...See all stories on this topic »

Medivir's protease inhibitor TMC435 receives fast track designation from US FDApharmabiz.comFurthermore, Medivir also confirms the intention to start a proof-of-concept oral, interferon-free phase 2 trial, investigating the combination of TMC435, a once daily NS3/4A protease inhibitor (PI) for the treatment of genotype-1 chronic Hepatitis C ...See all stories on this topic »

Workers standing in a queue at the Medical Commission for the mandatory check-upsGulf TimesAccording to the official figures released to Gulf Times, tuberculosis is the leading and most common infectious disease found among newcomers, followed by hepatitis B (HBsAg), human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and hepatitis C (HCV). ...See all stories on this topic »

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