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Hepatitis C Causing Liver Damage in Greater Numbers: Study

Hundreds of thousands of Americans infected with chronic hepatitis C virus could develop potentially life-threatening liver complications over the next few years, according to a new study. An additional 300,000 Americans could develop advanced liver disease from the virus by 2015

Published
23 May 2012
From
Health Day News
Hepatitis C symptoms and diagnosis
How CDC's hep.-C testing advice is already benefiting drugmakers

The CDC's proposal that all US baby boomers get a one-time test for the hepatitis C virus has already given a boost to drugmakers in the antiviral space. If the agency finalizes the draft guidance later this year, potentially impacting screening rates, current and future players stand to gain even more.

Published
23 May 2012
From
Medical Marketing and Media
Hepatitis C symptoms and diagnosis
CDC recommends hepatitis C tests for all baby boomers

The federal government Friday called for all baby boomers to be tested for hepatitis C, which kills more Americans each year than AIDS and is the leading reason for liver transplants.

Published
20 May 2012
From
Washington Post
Hepatitis C symptoms and diagnosis
Hepatitis C testing rate low and knowledge of the infection poor in the US "baby boomer" generation

Only a quarter of US individuals in the generation most likely to have hepatitis C have ever been tested for the infection, results of a survey conducted

Published
18 May 2012
By
Michael Carter
Cancer
Brivanib did not improve overall liver cancer survival, but did show anti-tumour activity

The experimental cancer drug brivanib did not lengthen overall survival for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma, but it did increase time to progression, demonstrating that it had anti-tumour

Published
30 April 2012
By
Liz Highleyman
Hepatitis C treatment
Liver Fibrosis Tests Predict Mortality in HIV/HCV Coinfected Women

More advanced liver fibrosis, as diagnosed by 2 non-invasive biomarker tests, is associated with a higher risk of death for HIV positive women coinfected with hepatitis C virus (HCV), according to a report in the March 13, 2012, issue of AIDS.

Published
11 April 2012
From
HIVandHepatitis.com
Hepatitis C symptoms and diagnosis
Discordance between CD4 cell count and percentage associated with markers of liver disease in HIV/hepatitis C co-infected people

Discordance between CD4 cell count and CD4 cell percentage in people co-infected with HIV and hepatitis C is associated with markers of liver fibrosis and other indicators of

Published
09 April 2012
By
Michael Carter
CD4 count
Liver fibrosis increases risk of discordance in CD4 cell count and percentage in HIV-positive people

Liver fibrosis is associated with discordance between CD4 cell counts and percentages in HIV-positive people, according to US research published in the online edition of Clinical Infectious Diseases.

Published
09 April 2012
By
Michael Carter
Hepatitis C symptoms and diagnosis
Highest-Risk Individuals Missed by Current HCV Screening

An analysis involving more than 30 million medical claims from a commercial insurance provider and from Medicare suggest that current recommendations for hepatitis C virus (HCV) testing are not being followed. In fact, the adult demographic with the lowest incidence of HCV infection — young women — is the most likely to be tested, according to data presented here at the International Conference on Viral Hepatitis 2012.

Published
03 April 2012
From
Medscape (requires registration)
Hepatitis C treatment
Antiretroviral rollout provides a model for efforts to expand hepatitis C treatment and care in resource-limited settings

The rollout of antiretroviral therapy in resource-limited settings provides a model for efforts to increase access to hepatitis C treatment and care in similar settings, investigators argue

Published
27 March 2012
By
Michael Carter
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