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In debate over 'biosimilars,' patient safety must come first
In 1988, I became extremely ill. I had many tests, saw many doctors and was given various medicines. Some caused allergic reactions. Through it all, I remained sick — and actually became worse. Eventually, I was diagnosed with autoimmune hepatitis,...Tags: Food and Drug Administration, Diseases and Illnesses, Health and Medical Professionals, Health, Drugs and Medicines
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Yale Researchers Urge More Street Work When Studying People With Both HIV, Hepatitis C
The Hartford CourantResearchers need to work harder to screen high-risk populations for people who are infected with both HIV and hepatitis C, say the authors of a new Yale University study on the incidence of co-infection in the New Haven area. The study, published Tuesday...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Yale School of Medicine, Waterbury, New Britain
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Area's first human-milk depot opens Tuesday at Florida Hospital
For some babies, the liquid is life saving. Now more will be able to receive human breast milk when the area's first milk depot — a place where nursing moms can drop off donated breast milk for other women's infants — opens Tuesday at...
Tags: Orlando, Diseases and Illnesses, Winter Park, Nursing, Sexually Transmitted Diseases
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Should we be providing needles for drug users? Controversy follows program at Bethany Place
Belleville News-DemocratMickey Weiss visits Bethany Place to keep himself and his drug-using friends alive. Weiss is a 34-year-old drug addict who lives in Collinsville. Once a week, he goes to the Belleville nonprofit agency to pick up new needles, a vial of the overdose...Tags: AIDS, Diseases and Illnesses, Science and Technology, Epidemics and Plagues, Substance Abuse
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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: Disease Prevention, Diseases and Illnesses, Medical Procedures and Tests, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Cirrhosis
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Many in U.S. don't get proper testing for hepatitis C- CDC
ReutersBy Julie Steenhuysen NEW YORK, May 8 (Reuters) - Only half of people in the United States who have ever been infected with hepatitis C get proper testing for the liver-destroying disease, according to U.S. health officials. Proper testing is a two-...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Gilead Sciences Inc., Medical Procedures and Tests, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Hepatitis C
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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, Vaccines, Diseases and Illnesses, Trials, Hepatitis C
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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, Thomson Corporation, Abbott Laboratories, Diseases and Illnesses, Science and Technology
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State high court rules Desai is competent to stand trial in hepatitis C case
Las Vegas SunThe Nevada Supreme Court has denied the petition of Dipak Desai to suspend his Las Vegas murder trial to hold a hearing whether he is competent to stand trial. The court in a 2-1 decision Monday said the record does not include substantial evidence that...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Lawyers, Court Preliminary, Trials
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Harold Johnson, who may have six months to a year to live, needs a liver transplant
Alamogordo Daily News, N.M.After hearing her beloved nephew might only have six months to a year to live, Frida Brown decided to take matters into her own hands. Brown's nephew, Harold Johnson, 55, a United States Army veteran, was diagnosed with cancer two months ago. Prior to...Tags: Chemotherapy, Liver Transplants, U.S. Army, Health Treatments, Cirrhosis
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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: Poquoson (Poquoson, Virginia), York (York, Pennsylvania), Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), York County (Virginia), Manufacturing and Engineering
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Bristol-Myers oral hepatitis C regimen looks competitive -study
Reuters* 94 pct cure rate seen with Bristol-Myers oral regimen * Three-drug regimen does not include ribavirin * 2 serious side effects likely unconnected to Bristol drugs By Bill Berkrot April 23 (Reuters) - A combination of three experimental Bristol-Myers...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Gilead Sciences Inc., Trials, Bristol Myers Squibb Company, Hepatitis C
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