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Experts Propose Age-Based Hepatitis C TestingWebMDBy Kathleen Doheny May 9, 2011 -- Screening all people born between 1946 and 1970 for the hepatitis C virus would greatly reduce the number of people with advanced liver disease linked with the virus, according to new research. ...See all stories on this topic »

Aethlon Medical Discloses FDA Meeting Request and Proposed Expansion of U.S. ...PR Newswire (press release)Ribavirin is considered contraindicated for the treatment of ESRD patients with chronic hepatitis C because of the risk of life-threatening hemolytic anemia. A major advantage in treating HCV-infected ESRD patients with the Hemopurifier® is

that the ...See all stories on this topic »

FDA Recommends Second New Hepatitis C Drug for ApprovalCitizens ReportIn the last week, a Food and Drug Administration committee has unanimously recommended two new hepatitis C drugs for approval. Telaprevir, a protease inhibitor manufactured by Vertex Pharmaceuticals, prevents the hepatitis C virus from replicating. ...See all stories on this topic »

Hepatitis lurking in millions of Baby Boomers?Hartford BusinessScreening baby boomers for hepatitis C may uncover millions of infections and prevent 59000 deaths among aging Americans, many of whom have no idea they may carry the liver-damaging virus, researchers said, Bloomberg News reports. ...See all stories on this topic »

Screen Boomers to Cut Hep C DeathsGlobal Medical News NetworkA new analysis found that targeted, age-based screening programs would result in 59000 fewer deaths associated with hepatitis C and advanced liver disease, compared with the current risk-based screening program. Dr. Zobair Younossi discusses the ...See all stories on this topic »

Needle exchanges help, tooBoston GlobeTHE ROUGHLY three million Americans with hepatitis C had reason to cheer the Federal Drug Administration's preliminary approval last month of two promising new drugs for treatment of the infectious liver disease. But as welcome as the drugs are, ...See all stories on this topic »

PharmaceuticalsWall Street JournalShe concluded that the company's experimental drugs were poised to do what current hepatitis C treatments couldn't: prevent the virus from developing resistance to therapy. Ms. Bayko entered 2010 with a buy rating on Pharmasset and kept it there all ...See all stories on this topic »

County supervisors back plan to address unhealthy inmatesVictorville Daily PressSAN BERNARDINO • California parolees have a four-times greater rate of active tuberculosis and a nine to 10-times greater rate for Hepatitis C than the general public. Parolees are also five times more likely to have AIDS and are 1.5 to five times more ...See all stories on this topic »

Legal BriefsLas Vegas Business PressThe owner and operators of a string of Las Vegas endoscopy clinics connected with the 2008 hepatitis C outbreak are facing federal charges. A 26-count indictment was handed down recently against clinic owner Dr. Dipak Desai and Tonya Rushing, ...See all stories on this topic »