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September 2011

CA$H for Clunkers: Car Donations Now Benefit the HBF!

Are you thinking of selling or trading in a vehicle? Donate it to the Hepatitis

B Foundation instead. Turn your car, running or not, into a tax-deductible

contribution that will help support our mission. The Hepatitis B Foundation

works with a full-service partner that will make all the arrangements to

conveniently and quickly pick-up your vehicle donation at no cost to you. Learn

more now.

Chronic Hepatitis B Infection: A Workshop Consensus Statement and Algorithm

The Hepatitis B Foundation's evidence-based algorithm and consensus

recommendations for primary care providers on whom to screen for hepatitis B and

when to pursue further evaluation and management was published as an online

exclusive by the Journal of Family Practice (Sept. 2011, vol. 60). The

recommendations and easy to use flow chart was created for and by a group of

primary care providers to increase hepatitis B screening and monitoring in busy

primary care practices. The Hepatitis B Foundation hosted a workshop facilitated

by Drs. McMahon, London and Perrillo that included expert

physicians in family and internal medicine, obstetrics, and pediatrics, as well

as a nurse practitioner and physician assistant. Read Article.

Autism Not Caused by Vaccines, IOM Report Concludes

A new report by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) was released that reviewed the

evidence linking eight vaccines (including HBV) and a suite of possible adverse

effects that have been the subject of compensation claims. There's convincing

evidence that some vaccines can cause some adverse effects…but the evidence also

rejects that some vaccines cause diabetes or autism. Learn more.

Changes to Distribution of Livers for Transplant Proposed

Transplantation specialists have proposed changes to the allocation and

distribution of organs used for liver transplants…to take into account the

scarcity of available organs, ensuring rapid allocation and delivery of the

organ to those most in need in order to reduce mortality for waitlisted

patients. As of August 2011, there are more than 16,000 Americans waiting for a

new liver. Details of the proposed model are available in the September issue of

Liver Transplantation. Learn more.

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