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Research from University of Paris in hepatitis a vaccines provides new insights
- (NewsRx.com) -- A new study, 'Immunological efficacy of a three-dose schedule of hepatitis A vaccine in HIV-infected adults: HEPAVAC study,' is now available (see also ). According to recent research from Paris, France, 'The immunogenicity of vaccines,

WRHA says 17 people exposed to HIV, hepatitis risk
The Winnipeg Regional Health Authority is trying to contact 17 people who may have been exposed to infections because of a nurse's improper use of a blood-sampling device at a St. Boniface clinic. The exposure risk of infections possibly including

Cigarette Smoking, Hepatitis C Virus Synergistic in Raising Liver Cancer Risk
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Who Will Respond to Hepatitis C Treatment
The relatively new field of proteomics may be able to predict who will respond to Hepatitis C therapy - before treatment even begins....

Antivirals Combined Without Interferon: New Trial
Three companies unite to begin an innovative Hepatitis C trial, where two oral antiviral drugs will be combined in the absence of interferon....

HCV May Be Able to Be Cleared from Both Blood and Liver
Viral clearance doubled in a Hepatitis C Phase II trial during standard therapy when coupled with GlobeImmune's GI-5005. Because Hepatitis C must be eradicated not just from the blood, but also the liver, GI-5005's ability to speed the clearance rate...
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Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt Versus Endoscopic Sclerotherapy for the Prevention of Variceal Bleeding in Cirrhosis: A Randomized Multicenter Trial

table  5.   Complications
Complications
No. (No. Fatal)
TIPS
  Pulmonary embolism 1
  Cardiac arrest 1
  Intrahepatic hematoma 1
  Hemolysis 1
Sclerotherapy
  Sclerotherapy-induced ulcer 2
  Esophageal stenosis 2
  Aspiration pneumonia 1
  Embolic stroke 1 (1)

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