News tagged with hepatitis c infection
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Twin epidemics: HIV and Hepatitis C in the urban Northeast
A new Yale study looks at the scope and consequences of a burgeoning health problem in the cities of the U.S. Northeast: concurrent infection with both HIV and Hepatitis C (HCV). The study appears online ...
HIV & AIDS
May 17, 2013 |
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Only half newly reported HCV cases receiving follow-up test
(HealthDay)—The lack of a hepatitis C virus (HCV) RNA test for approximately one-half of persons newly reported as HCV infected suggests that testing and reporting must improve to detect all persons with ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
May 09, 2013 |
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Research finds targeted screening for hepatitis C is cost-effective
Researchers at the University of Cincinnati have found that targeted screening for populations with a higher estimated prevalence for hepatitis C may be cost-effective.
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Apr 24, 2013 |
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Potential therapy for HIV suggested: Blocking key protein boosts body's ability to clear chronic infection
UCLA scientists have shown that temporarily blocking a protein critical to immune response actually helps the body clear itself of chronic infection. Published in the April 12 edition of Science, the findin ...
HIV & AIDS
Apr 11, 2013 |
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Study finds interferon, one of the body's proteins, induces persistent viral infection
Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have made a counterintuitive finding that may lead to new ways to clear persistent infection that is the hallmark of such diseases as AIDS, hepatitis B and hepatitis C.
Medical research
Apr 11, 2013 |
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Liver transplantation for patients with genetic liver conditions has high survival rate
Patients faced with the diagnosis of a life-threatening liver disease have to consider the seriousness of having a liver transplant, which can be a definitive cure for many acquired and genetic liver diseases. Among the main ...
Surgery
Apr 05, 2013 |
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Newly incarcerated have one percent acute hepatitis C prevalence
A study published in the March issue of Hepatology, a journal of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, estimates that the prevalence of acute hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is nearly one percent among ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mar 19, 2013 |
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Prediction of seasonal flu strains improves chances of universal vaccine
(Medical Xpress)—Researchers have determined a way to predict and protect against new strains of the flu virus, in the hope of improving immunity against the disease.
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mar 12, 2013 |
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AAD: Skin changes can be first sign of underlying condition
(HealthDay)—Skin changes, including new rash, new growths, discoloration, and changes in texture, could be among the first signs indicating an underlying medical condition, according to information presented ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mar 01, 2013 |
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Give needles, condoms to inmates to curb HIV, experts urge
Giving inmates drug substitution treatment, needles and condoms are key ways to help curb addiction and HIV infection in European jails, experts say, calling on authorities to change their approach to prison health care.
HIV & AIDS
Mar 01, 2013 |
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HIV-HCV coinfection speeds HCV-related liver fibrosis
(HealthDay)—Individuals who are coinfected with HIV and hepatitis C virus (HCV) exhibit liver fibrosis similar to that of individuals without HIV who are nearly 10 years older, according to research published ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Feb 27, 2013 |
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Computer modeling reveals how surprisingly potent hepatitis C drug works
A study by researchers from Los Alamos National Laboratory and a multinational team reveals how daclatasvir, a direct-acting antiviral agent in development for the treatment of hepatitis C virus (HCV), targets one of its ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Feb 18, 2013 |
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Predicting survival among those aging with HIV infection
(Medical Xpress)—A new collaborative study led by Yale, the VA Healthcare System, and the North American Cohort Collaboration supports the accuracy of an index used for predicting mortality as patients ...
HIV & AIDS
Jan 29, 2013 |
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Team discovers new gene that affects clearance of hepatitis C virus
(Medical Xpress)—Scientists have discovered a gene that interferes with the clearance of hepatitis C virus infection. They also identified an inherited variant within this gene, Interferon Lambda 4 (IFNL4), that predicts ...
Genetics
Jan 08, 2013 |
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Sustained virological response linked with improved survival for patients with chronic HCV infection
Among patients with chronic hepatitis C virus infection and advanced hepatic fibrosis (development of excess fibrous connective tissue), sustained virological response (SVR) to interferon-based treatment was associated with ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Dec 25, 2012 |
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