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UK needs more hepatitis awareness
Britons need to be educated on the dangers of hepatitis B and C, the British Liver Trust has claimed. According to the organization, the conditions have a low public profile - something which means people are not very concerned about catching them.

Bristol-Myers Squibb Welcomes NICE Guidance Recommending Baraclude(R) (entecavir) as a Treatment Option for Chronic Hepatitis B
UXBRIDGE, England, August 29 (HSMN NewsFeed) -- NICE (National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence) has published guidance that recommends Baraclude (entecavir) as an option for treatment of eligible patients with chronic hepatitis B (CHB).

China's Hepatitis B Virus Drug Market Will Grow to $800 Million by 2012
Competition From Chinese Makers Present Considerable Challenge to Branded Western Drug Companies Seeking to Penetrate Market, According to a New Report From Decision Resources WALTHAM, Mass., August 28, 2008 /PRNewswire/ -- Decision Resources, one of the

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Hep C Treatment: Comparing the Pegylated Interferons
Learn about the facts on pegylated interferon alfa-2a and pegylated interferon alfa-2b, the standard treatment for chronic Hepatitis C. Comparing and contrasting the pegylated interferons may help better explain a physician’s preference or indifference between the two when treating their...

Vertex's Advanced Trial Could Change HCV Treatment
Hundreds of non-responders to interferon-ribavirin combination therapy will be enrolled in a late stage clinical trial for Vertex's telaprevir....

Silymarin Improves Quality of Life During Hepatitis C Treatment
Although a large-scale study concluded long-term interferon therapy to be ineffectual for Hepatitis C management, it demonstrated improvements in quality of life for participants supplementing with silymarin....

Physicians Who Treat Hepatitis

Oklahoma City, OK


Physician: Anthony Sebastian, MD, FRCS
Type of physician: Hepatologist
Oklahoma Transplant Institute (OTI)
Address: Baptist Hospital
3300 NW Expressway
Oklahoma City, OK 73112
Phone:

1.800.991.3349

405.949.3349

Patient Comment: Dr. Sebastian, is the Chief Abdominal Transplant Surgeon at the Nazih Zuhdi Transplant Institute. Ahmed Gurakar, MD, retired. Dr. Sebastian is the most compassionate doctor I have ever met, and I have met many before my husband was given a transplant in Dec. 2005. The transplant institute along with the Freede Liver Clinic (same phone # as above) at Integris Baptist Medical Center, Oklahoma City is one of the top 10 in the U.S., and has added an additional liver transplant surgeon in February 2006.
Physician: Harlen Wright, MD
Type of physician:

Gastroenterologist

Address:

Baptist Hospital
3300 NW Expressway
Oklahoma City, OK 73112

Phone:

1.800.991.3349

405.949.3349

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