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Hepatitis Defined
Inflammation of the liver. Hepatitis can be caused by viruses, bacteria, alcohol, toxic chemicals, and certain drugs. Symptoms include jaundice (yellowish skin caused by the buildup of bile pigments in the body), fever, appetite loss and gastrointestinal upset.
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Published August 27, 2008, 10:15 am, Stuff
Hard-drug addicts are lapsing into lives of crime and prostitution while waiting up to eight months to access "poorly resourced and overburdened" treatment programmes, experts say.
New insight into how type-1 diabetes begins
Published August 27, 2008, 5:34 am, New Kerala
Washington, Aug 27 : Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have offered new insight into how type-1 diabetes begins. An autoimmune attack on the pancreas causes type-1 diabetes, but the exact trigger of the attack has not been unclear.
Swoyersville police chief named to juvenile justice panel
Published August 27, 2008, 4:09 am, The Citizens' Voice
Gov. Ed Rendell recently named Swoyersville police Chief Thomas L. DiMaria to the state Commission on Crime and Delinquency’s Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Committee.
Early trigger for type-1 diabetes found in mice
Published August 26, 2008, 4:12 pm, News-Medical-Net
Scientists at the Stanford University School of Medicine are shedding light on how type-1 diabetes begins.
Early Trigger For Type-1 Diabetes Found In Mice
Published August 26, 2008, 12:29 pm, Science Daily
Scientists are shedding light on how type-1 diabetes begins. Doctors have known the disease is caused by an autoimmune attack on the pancreas, but the exact trigger of the attack has been unclear. Now, a new study in mice implicates the immune signal interferon-alpha as an early culprit in a chain of events that upend sugar metabolism and make patients dependent on lifelong insulin injections.
New Trial To Evaluate Nexavar® As Adjuvant Therapy In Liver Cancer
Published August 26, 2008, 6:15 am, Medical News Today
Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Onyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced the start of a Phase III study with Nexavar® (sorafenib) tablets in liver cancer. The randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study is evaluating Nexavar as an adjuvant therapy for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), or primary liver cancer.
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Published August 25, 2008, 1:50 pm, Fox News
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Health Happenings
Published August 25, 2008, 8:55 am, Fort Worth Star-Telegram
A support group for people with diabetes and their families will meet 6:30 p.m. August 25in the Austin Room, Room 202 of the Medical Office Building at North Hills Hospital, 4401 Booth Calloway Road in North Richland Hills. Call 817-255-1664. The group meets on the fourth Monday of each month with various speakers and topics. For more information call 817-922-1061 or 817-255-1046. Edie ...
Filipino Lawmaker Introduces Bill To Promote Microbicide Development
Published August 25, 2008, 7:13 am, Medical News Today
A bill seeking to promote the development of microbicides to prevent HIV and other sexually transmitted infections has been introduced in the Philippines, the Philippines News Agency reports. The legislation was filed by Rep. Narciso Santiago and states that the Department of Health and its components should increase research into the initial mechanism of infection by STIs.
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Wed Aug 27
- Antiretroviral Treatment of Adult HIV Infection: recommendation s
Tue Aug 26
- list of health problems, Complementary and Alternative Healing University ????
- Hepatitis B Photograph
- Dr Sandra Cabot's Liver Doctor - Love your Liver and Live Longer
- Lower Cholesterol And Boost Liver Function With The Ayurvedic Herb Guggul - Wellsphere
- Hepatitis A Prevention, Cure, Curing Protocol, Remedies, Herbs, Alternative Medicine
Mon Aug 25
Fri Aug 22
- ASHM: Day course in hepatitis C for opiate dependency pharmacotherap y providers: This is a course in hepatitis C for health professionals who work in Opiate Dependency Pharmacotherap y Settings. It acknowledges these professionals have a unique role in accessing and providing care to drug treatment clients, approximately half of whom have chronic hepatitis C
Thu Aug 21
- Aidsmap: Rapid progression of liver fibrosis in HIV-positive gay men recently infected with hepatitis C: A US study has found that many HIV-positive gay men recently infected with hepatitis C virus have rapidly developed moderate-to-se vere liver fibrosis
- POZ : Milk Thistle Shows Potential for Hep C: A medicinal compound in milk thistle, a flowering member of the daisy family, may benefit liver function in people infected with HIV and the hepatitis C virus (HCV),
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