August HBV Advocate -- Latest on Hepatitis B -- Availableþ

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The August issue of HBV Advocate's Journal Review is now available at:

<http://www.hbvadvocate.org/news/NewsUpdates_pdf/News_Review_2011/HBJ-8.8.pdf>.

The html version is at: http://www.hbvadvocate.org/news/HBJ8.8.htm. The

online publication provides summaries of the latest reports on hepatitis B

resarch, published in medical journals. It recaps the latest in treatment,

infection transmission, and disease progression. Below are headlines from

this month's publication. Thanks, K.

Flares during Antiviral Treatment Rarely Lead to Viral Clearance

Liver Cancer Rates Increase as Hepatitis-Infected Populations Age

Most HBeAg-Negative Patients with Normal ALTs and High Viral Loads Have

Fibrosis Antiviral Telbivudine Safe in Preventing Mother-to-Child HBV

Infection During Pregnancy What Happens if a Newborn’s Parents Refuse the

Hepatitis B Vaccine? Pregnant Women Infected with Hepatitis Face More Risks

during Delivery How Long Is Antiviral Treatment Needed Before Patients

Clear the Virus? For the First Time, Researchers Document the Spread of

Hepatitis B Following Explosion Liver Cancer Stem Cells with High Levels of

CD24 Resist Treatment More Than Two-Thirds of Injecting Drug Users Exposed

to Hepatitis B and C Hepatitis A and B Vaccinations of People with Liver

Disease and Diabetes Far Below Recommendations Hepatitis A and B

Vaccinations of People with Liver Disease and Diabetes Far Below

Recommendations Researchers Find Hepatitis B Vaccination Inadequate Among

U.S. Health Care Students