Hepatitis C: Linkable Sunday

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Hepatitis C: Linkable Sunday

The NYC Hepatitis C Task Force has published their December Viral Hepatitis Newsletter, here are a few highlights:

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Medicare Enrollment Counseling for Hepatitis B & C Patients

Medicare enrollment period is now! Free counseling to help Hep B & C patients enroll in the optimal and most affordable Medicare Managed Plan to meet their needs. For Information on this project, contact: Dipan Ray, PhD, Rph Director of Practice Experience. Medicare Enrollment Counseling Hotline: (646) 981- 4709.

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Hepatitis C: The Next Opportunity for the HIV Treater.

In this on-demand webcast, HIV treaters learn how their current expertise in complex viral infections and related public health concerns, combined with new knowledge about emerging direct-acting antiviral therapies and other exciting approaches for treating hepatitis C, are creating important opportunities for them to manage and treat patients with HCV infection.

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CCO Official Conference Coverage: Highlights from The Liver Meeting® 2010

– Downloadable Slideset.

..Complementary & Alternative MedicineTranslational Tools for Clinical Studies of Mind/Body and Manual Therapy CAM Interventions (R01),

National Center for Complementary & Alternative Medicine. $3M for up to 5 new grants to $300K for up to 5 years for investigator(s)-initiated applications that propose to develop, enhance, and validate translational tools to facilitate rigorous study of complementary/ alternative medicine (CAM) approaches that are in wide use by the public & encouraging the development of improved research methodology to study safety, efficacy, and clinical effectiveness of mind-body interventions (such as meditation), manual therapies (such as spinal manipulation or massage), and/or yoga therapy. Investigations of other CAM interventions (including natural products, dietary supplements, acupuncture or traditional Chinese medicine) are not allowed. Scientific/Research Contact: Partap Khalsa 301-594-3462 or partap.khalsa@...

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Acupuncture for depression and myalgia in patients with hepatitis: an observational study.

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Acupunct Med. 2010.

..Fibromyalgia Bends to Yoga (CME/CE).

Patients who stretched and meditated once a week as part of the "Yoga of Awareness" pilot program had significantly greater improvements in symptom scores, including pain, fatigue, and depression, than those who were wait-listed for the program..

National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine

– Yoga for Health.

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Caring Ambassadors

If you frequent PubMed CAP has a list of Nov/Dec

HCV abstracts .

The Caring Ambassadors Hepatitis C Newsletter

CAP-Hepatitis C NewslettersRead about the latest hepatitis C news from the

mainstream media and the medical community.

Newsletter(HTML)November-December

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The C-Network HEPATITIS NEWS ALERT

Provided by the Hepatitis Council of Qld

http://www.hepqld.asn.au/

Currently 667 Subscribers worldwide

1 C-Network 1 December 20102 C-Network 13 October 2010

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ISIPS Newsletter = International Sharps Injury Prevention Society

http://isips.org/reports/ISIPS_Newsletter%20December%203,_2010.html

In This IssueSafe in Common.org - Injection Safety Video and UNIS' Opportunity.

... analysis of safety syringe use versus treatment costs for health workers and patients infected with HIV or HCV via needlestick injury or syringe re-use.Proposed legislation calls for routine HIV screening

Rodney Ellis, would require that health care providers inform patients that an HIV test will be performed on their blood unless they opt out.HIV Research Program Has Global Reach

In its effort to protect troops everywhere from HIV infection, the US Military HIV Research Program at Fort Detrick, Md...Police: Man with hepatitis spits on officers

Reportedly, the suspect laughed and told the officer he had hepatitis. A protective spit guard was placed on Laban's head. The affidavit stated a medical...

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Current Connections

Connections Bi-monthly E-newsletterThe Connections Bi-monthly E-newsletter is a publication of the CDC's National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention (NCHHSTP). It is designed to improve collaboration and strengthen relationships with prevention partners who are vital to NCHHSTP's mission of maximizing public health and safety nationally and internationally through the elimination, prevention, and control of disease, disability, and death caused by HIV/AIDS, non-HIV retroviruses, viral hepatitis, other sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), tuberculosis (TB), and non-tuberculosis mycobacteria. The e-newsletter offers the latest surveillance reports, introduces new activities and updates ongoing activities, and shares successes and best practices.

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To subscribe to Connections, visit the NPIN Electronic Mailing Lists page.November - December 2010

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Issue includes:Social Determinants of Health Update.World AIDS Day and CDC’s Vital Signs.CDC’s Updated Online Resource for Gay and Bisexual Men’s Health.

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MMWRs and Other Reports From 2010:The Beginning of a New Era in Understanding Hepatitis C Virus Prevention

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From The Journal of Infectious Diseases 2010;202(7):981–983Hepatitis and Liver Cancer: A National Strategy for Prevention and Control of Hepatitis B and C

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From the Institute of Medicine, January 11, 2010.

..Hepatocellular Carcinoma—United States, 2001–2006

From CDC's MMWR Weekly; May 7, 2010 / 59(17);517-520.

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Complementary medicine from Hepatitis C Council of NSW

IntroductionWhat results can I expect from complementary medicine?How do I choose a therapist?How much do complementary therapies cost?Herbs that people with hep C useCan herbs damage my liver?

More Information On HCV From NSW

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In case you missed it :

December 2010 HCV Advocate

In This Issue:AASLD 2010 Conference – Part 1

Alan Franciscus, Editor-in-Chief

IL28B Gene Highlighted at AASLD

Liz Highleyman

HealthWise: 2010 Liver Meeting Update

Lucinda Porter, RN

HCV Snapshots

Lucinda Porter, RN

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2. Redesigned Drug PipelineCheck out our newly designed and hopefully easier to access HCV Drug Pipeline. We would be interested in your opinion of the new design and ease of access. Send your email to alanfranciscus@....3. HBV Journal ReviewThis month’s journal has extended coverage on the risks of breastfeeding and antiviral use in mother-to-child HBV transmission..4. "Disability & Benefits: Rumors,

Myths, and a Little Truth"Get the skinny on the myths surrounding Disability in Jacques Chamber’s monthly column..5. Top 10 HCV Downloads and HBV Downloads of the Month Find out about the articles and factsheets others are reading—from disability issues to treatment side effect management.

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In Memory

Randy Allgaier, longtime S.F. AIDS activist, dies

For almost a quarter-century, Randy Allgaier battled HIV and AIDS, a fight he waged with ferocity inside his own body and as a community activist whose efforts were recognized by the Obama administration at a July White House reception.Mr. Allgaier, whose efforts increased the care and services needed by those living with HIV and AIDS, died Nov. 27 of complications related to cancer

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