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Report Assesses Blame in Hepatitis Cases
Health care workers at a Las Vegas endoscopy clinic linked to more than 80 cases of hepatitis C routinely mishandled injection equipment and medication vials and often failed to perform basic hand hygiene, according to a report from the Centers for

New treatment for hepatitis C
Oklahoma City: Researchers at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center have found a new use for an old drug. Their findings appear online in the American Journal of Gastroenterology. The drug, Fluvastatin, has been approved since 1993 by the

UPDATES AND COMMENTARY

What You Must Know About Alcoholic Hepatitis
This much-needed synopsis of alcoholic hepatitis reminds us that you don't need to be a heavy drinker to suffer from this condition. Looking over the causes, risk factors and complications of alcoholic hepatitis will motivate anyone with liver concerns to...

15 Tips for Managing Interferon-Ribavirin Side Effects
Finding new ways to manage the side effects of Hepatitis C combination therapy adds to a personâ€™s likelihood of conquering the virus....

New Mexico Offers Free Hepatitis C Hotline
Finally being recognized as the widespread, public health problem that it is, the New Mexico Department of Health has taken a giant step forward to help people with Hepatitis C. By launching a new, toll-free phone number, locals concerned about...

E1 Therapeutic Vaccination
For Chronic Hepatitis C:
All That Glitters Is Not Gold
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#1227 Validity Of The ¹³C-Caffeine Breath Test As A Noninvasive, Quantitative Test Of Liver Function

#1237 Adjuvant Intra-Arterial Injection Of Iodine-131-Labeled Lipiodol After Resection Of Hepatocellular Carcinoma

#1242 TPTK2 and EIF3S3 Genes May Be Amplification Targets At 8q23-q24 And Are Associated With Large Hepatocellular Carcinomas

#1282 Cyclosporin A Suppresses Replication Of Hepatitis C Virus Genome In Cultured Hepatocytes

#1289 A Pilot Study Of Therapeutic Vaccination With Envelope Protein E1 In 35 Patients With Chronic Hepatitis C

#1297 Characterization Of HCV-Specific Patr Class II Restricted CD4+ T Cell Responses In An Acutely Infected Chimpanzee

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