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Many with hepatitis C don't get needed follow-up tests, CDC says
Half of all patients who have tested positive for hepatitis C have not had follow-up testing to see if they are still infected, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That means many people are living with the disease and not...
Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Cirrhosis, Liver Cancer, Diseases and Illnesses, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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FDA fast tracks AbbVie hepatitis C drug
Tribune reporterAbbVie said Monday that its new hepatitis C drug regimen has been given a breakthrough therapy designation by the Food and Drug Administration, putting it on the fast track for potential approval in the United States. A breakthrough therapy...Tags: Food and Drug Administration, Diseases and Illnesses, Vaccines, Hepatitis, Trials
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Additional question from Dr. Christopher Prince interview
Is Michigan’s law effective? The law has become more specific giving more definitions and clarifying explanations of its intent. The State has a list of approved diagnoses, which is to be expanded yearly, and conditions approved for the use of...Tags: Medical Marijuana Therapy, Justice System, Diseases and Illnesses, Seizures, Health Treatments
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Gov. McDonnell and the FBI, W&M law students helping vets
Full disclosure The FBI is looking into the relationship between Gov. Bob McDonnell and the CEO of the food supplement firm Star Scientific. The inquiry has to do with money that Jonnie R. Williams Sr. gave to the governor and the question of whether...Tags: Politics, Bob McDonnell, FBI, Smithfield, Weddings
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International consortium releases hepatitis C data
Two antiviral drugs used to treat hepatitis C appear to work as well in the real world as they did during clinical trials, an international research consortium has observed. The consortium also released data that may help inform how doctors and patients...Tags: Research, Medical Research, Liver Cancer, Drugs and Medicines, Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
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Humira sales propel AbbVie in 1Q
Tribune staff reporterIn its first quarter as an independent, publicly traded company, AbbVie Inc. said net income rose 9.6 percent, to $968 million, or 60 cents a share, from $883 million, or 56 cents a share, a year earlier when the company was still a part of Abbott...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Psoriasis, Corporate Officers, Science and Technology, Drugs and Medicines
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Feedback for Sunday, April 28: About hepatitis, sports question and Mobjack Bay
• Joyce, James City County: Great story on Kurt Beach's cure from hepatitis C and Dr. Stravitz's part in it. I contracted autoimmune hepatitis in 1988 and later developed primary biliary cirrhosis. I received a life-saving liver transplant in 1997,...Tags: Shipbuilding, Weather, York County (Virginia), Weather Reports, Poquoson (Poquoson, Virginia)
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Multiple clinical trials open to patients on the Peninsula
Almost half the medical clinical trials in Virginia are taking place in Hampton Roads. Of the more than 120 privately funded active trials enrolling patients, half involve treatment for major chronic illnesses, such as cancer, diabetes and heart disease,...
Tags: Research, Medical Research, Sentara, Drugs and Medicines, Health Treatments
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Retired Smithfield police officer cured of hepatitis C
The cure has taken 25 years for retired Smithfield police officer, Kurt Beach. In his first week on the job, in January 1988, Beach used mouth-to-mouth resuscitation in an attempt to save the life of a baby with a bloody breathing tube. He tears up as...
Tags: Virginia Commonwealth University, Liver Cancer, Politics, Dialysis, Smithfield
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Oklahoma dental patients diagnosed with hepatitis C, HIV
Dozens of Oklahoma dental patients have been diagnosed with hepatitis C and at least one case of HIV, state health officials said Thursday, four weeks after finding a multitude of health code violations, including rusty tools, at a dental practice in...Tags: Sports, Diseases and Illnesses, Hepatitis B , U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Liver Disease
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Organ recipient grateful for donation
Andy Trosper, who received a liver transplant in 2010, told staff and donor families in a recent program at Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital that the gift from a 16-year-old boy gave him new life and brought comfort to the boy's family. "Since...
Tags: Human Interest, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Hospitals and Clinics, Jesse White, Liver Transplants
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Instrument sterilization key to safe dentistry
Aberdeen-area dentists say incidents like the one that put Oklahoma oral surgery patients in danger are rare. In March, negligent practices at a Tulsa, Okla., oral surgeon's office required patients to be tested for hepatitis B, hepatitis C and HIV,...
Tags: Hepatitis B , Health and Medical Professionals, Patterson Dental Company, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
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