Hepatitis News Bulletin (C-Network) 8 January 2008

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8 January 2008. Currently: 283 Subscribers

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LIVING WITH HEP C

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The Summer issue of our Hep Factor newsletter has been uploaded to our website.

Stories include: the passing of Evel Knievel, settlements paid to Oregon inmates

with hepatitis C, nne Faithfull, life after treatment, trial results,

hepatitis C and alcohol and lots of other useful info.

http://www.hepqld.asn.au/hepfactor/

Living with Hepatitis C - Dee's Story

http://www.hcvadvocate.org/community/stories/Dee.pdf

Researchers Show that Fibrosis can be Stopped, Cured and Reversed

http://health.ucsd.edu/news/2007/12-27-fibrosis

Raised Public Awareness Of Hepatitis C Leads To 10% Increase In Diagnoses [u.K.]

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/91859.php

ish scientists building artificial liver

http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Artificial-liver-offers-sufferers-new.354423\

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Hep Chat Podcast. News and issues around Hep C.

http://3cr.org.au/podcast/podcast.php?cat=HepChat

HCVAdvocate.org Newsletter for January 2008

http://www.hcvadvocate.org/news/newsLetter/2008/advocate0108.html

Hep C Review Magazine

http://www.hepatitisc.org.au/resources/documents/59-01.pdf

http://www.hepatitisc.org.au/resources/documents/59-02.pdf

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GETTING HEP C

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Can Mosquitoes Spread HCV?

http://www.hcvadvocate.org/news/newsLetter/2008/advocate0108.html#4

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HEP C TREATMENT

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Hepatitis C Treatments in Current Clinical Development

http://www.hcvadvocate.org/hepatitis/hepC/HCVDrugs.html

Eltrombopag Effective for Hepatitis C Patients With Low Blood-Platelet Counts

http://news.med.cornell.edu/wcmc/wcmc_2007/12_28b_07.shtml

In Largest U.S. Hepatitis C Trial, Researchers Determine Weight-Based

Dosing Is Key to Optimal Treatment

http://www.newswise.com/articles/view/536529/

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HEP C AND DRUGS

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Policy must recognise link between drugs and development

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,22882883-23289,00.html

Daily cannabis use strongly associated with moderate to severe fibrosis

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL & _udi=B7GGW-4RGF98F-G & _user=1\

0 & _rdoc=1 & _fmt= & _orig=search & _sort=d & view=c & _acct=C000050221 & _version=1 & _urlVers\

ion=0 & _userid=10 & md5=47d15eb4176839cb2728c494ebcc33a1

A measure of prevention in a little bag of goodies

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20080104.BCCRACK04/TPStory/Nati\

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HEP C AND PRISONS

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Getting to the point in prisons

http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,22933201-5000117,00.html

Prisoners may get condoms in jail

http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/comments/0,22023,22921705-2862,00.html

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