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U.S. Rep. Hank Johnson battling hepatitis C
Atlanta :: GA :: USA | 2 days ago
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The Lithonia Democrat's already-thin frame has shed 30 pounds in the past year. His speech is slower than ever, and he regularly gets lost in thought in the middle of a discussion...In an exclusive interview with the AJC, Johnson disclosed he has been...
Tags: Hank Johnson of Georgia, Atlanta, Viruses, Gastroenterology, Hepatitis, Health Medical Pharma, Hepatitis C, Jade Ribbon Campaign, Viral hepatitis, Blood transfusion, Hepato-biliary diseases, Microbiology, Liver, Hepatitis B, Transfusion medicine
Hepatitis C drug tested in chimps
San Antonio :: TX :: USA | 6 days ago
Credibility An experimental drug to treat hepatitis C has worked in chimpanzees, a study in the journal Science Express reports. Unlike other antiviral drugs that attack the virus, the experimental drug targets a small RNA molecule in the liver that hepatitis C needs...
Tags: experimental drug, showing promise, San Antonio, Health Medical Pharma, Microbiology, Hepatitis C, Antivirals, Ribavirin, Gastroenterology, Viruses, Virus, Antiviral drug, Hepatitis C/co-infection with HIV, Cirrhosis, Gene therapy, Hepatology, Hepatitis, Interferon, Hepatitis B, Hepatitis D, Triazoles
Disease threatens to wipe out Amazon tribe
Lima :: Peru | 7 days ago
Credibility We're in real danger of extinction," said Candoshi chief, or apu, Venancio Ucama Simon. Standing next to a Candoshi woman, who doctors said only had two years to live thanks to hepatitis-induced cirrhosis, Ucama called on the government to declare a health...
Tags: Candoshi, Amazon, Venancio Ucama Simon, Peru, Lima, Environment, Hepatitis, Candoshi-Shapra language, Aguaruna, Viruses, Hepatitis B, Maraￃﾱￃﾳn River, Languages of Peru
Hepatitis redress legislation clears Diet
Hatoyama :: Japan | 9 days ago
Credibility A comprehensive bill to support people with hepatitis B and C, along with an attached statement recognizing the government's liability in spreading infections via tainted blood products, cleared the Diet on Monday. The Upper House passed the lawmaker-sponsored...
Tags: Democratic Party of Japan, Liberal Democratic Party, Japan, Hatoyama, Health Medical Pharma, Hepatitis, Viral hepatitis, Politics, Viruses, Hepatitis B, Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B in China, Hepatitis C, Gastroenterology
Politics › DPJ-led coalition gets key bills passed
Tōkyō :: Japan | 10 days ago
Credibility The Democratic Party of Japan-led ruling coalition got some of its key bills passed through parliament Monday, including a bill to offer comprehensive relief to hepatitis patients. Among other bills that cleared the Diet is one on a conditional moratorium...
Tags: democratic parties, hepatitis patients, Yukio Hatoyama, comprehensive relief, Japan, Tōkyō, Politics, Democratic Party of Japan, Prime Ministers of Japan, Elections in Japan, Naoto Kan, Prime minister, Ichirￅﾍ Ozawa, Yasuko Hatoyama, Ichirￅﾍ Hatoyama, Sadakazu Tanigaki, Kaoru Hatoyama, Gastroenterology, Hepatitis, Health Medical Pharma, Japan Post, Junichiro Koizumi, Hepatitis B, Haruko Hatoyama, Hepatitis C, Politics of Japan, Hatoyama Hall
Politics › Lower house passes hepatitis bill
Tōkyō :: Japan | 13 days ago
Credibility The House of Representatives passed a measure to support hepatitis patients at its plenary gathering on Thursday, advancing the lawmaker-sponsored bill to the House of Councillors, where its passage is seen as certain due to support among both the ruling...
Tags: thursday, health, swine flu, vaccines, hepatitis bills, lower house, Japan, Tōkyō, Health Medical Pharma, Hepatitis, Viruses, Vaccine, Hepatitis B, Hepatitis B in China, Hepatitis C, Gastroenterology
Viral attack opens up new ways to treat bacterial infections
Shanghai :: China | 20 days ago
Credibility Potentially, that opens up new ways to treat bacterial infections, says a new study. Texas A&M University researchers are exploring how hungry viruses, armed with transformer-like weapons, attack bacteria. The attackers are called phages, derived from...
Tags: China, Shanghai, Bacteria, Transformation, Phage therapy, Lysogenic cycle, Microbiology, Bacteriophages, Virus, Health Medical Pharma, Medical emergencies, Molecular biology, Saliva, Immune system, Biomarker, Nutrition, Proteins, Proteomics, Hepatitis B, Occupational safety and health, Hepatitis, Cirrhosis, Hepatocellular carcinoma, Viruses, Gastroenterology, Hepatology
Bundaberg hospital scare unacceptable, Minister says
Bundaberg :: Australia | 23 days ago
Credibility The State Government and Queensland Health are at odds over an infection scare at the Bundaberg hospital. Queensland Health says 235 patients at the Bundaberg Hospital Dental Clinic were recently treated with instruments that had been cleaned, but not...
Tags: Queensland Health, Bundaberg Hospital Dental Clinic, sterilised process, health clinic, dirty instruments, Australia, Bundaberg, Patient safety, Infection control, Bundaberg Queensland, Epidemics, Health Medical Pharma, Hepatitis B, Hepatitis, Sterilization, Viruses, Hepatitis C, Bundaberg Base Hospital, Robert Messenger, Dentistry, Hygiene, Infectious disease, Microbiology, Methadone, HIV, Virus, HIV/AIDS, Social Issues, Clinic, Patient
Hepatitis B Outbreak in India
Raids at medical stores in New Delhi, India were carried out due to a hepatitis B outbreak leaving 32 people dead, officials said. They were raided for bogus drugs and recycled syringes. Also, five medical practitioners were arrested on violation...
Tags: Hepatitis B, outbreak, syringes, India, raids, medical
Hepatitis D strain in Modasa sample: NICD
New Delhi :: India | 9 months ago
Credibility National Institute of Virology and private lab's report rule it out; health commissioner says Hepatitis B virus has mutated Dr Vidya Arankale from NIV said, We had collected about five samples and all have been tested positive for Hepatitis B. Even...
Tags: hepatitis b
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