The following items have been posted to www.hcvadvocate.org and www.hbvadvocate.org

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The following items have been posted to www.hcvadvocate.org and www.hbvadvocate.org – All the items below are on our front page:

***HCV Advocates’ Medical Writers’ Circle: Drug-associated Liver Disease during HAART: Impact of HCV Coinfection, by Maurizio Bonacini, MD. In this article, Dr. Bonacini discusses various causes of drug reactions as well as a review on studies on the impact of HCV coinfection on liver injury.

http://www.hcvadvocate.org/hcsp/articles/Haart_2006.html

***Weekly News Review: Week Ending June 3rd, 2006

http://www.hcvadvocate.org/news/newsRev/2006/NewsRev-155.html

*** HCSP Trainings: HCSP has added new trainings – please see the front page for more information:

*Philadelphia

*Nashville

*Reno

***Urgent Action: CDC HCV Funding: On June 7, 2006 the fate of hepatitis C prevention funding for 2007 will be decided by the U.S. House Appropriations Labor-HHS-Education Subcommittee. We need your help! Click here for more information:

http://www.hcvadvocate.org/community/Urgent%20Action_CDC_2006.html

***Hepatitis C Journal Review: May 31, 2006 – In this issue:

*Value of Repeat Biopsies

*Long-Term Progression in Patients with Normal ALT

*Factors Influencing ALT Level

*Normal ALT in Coinfected Patients

*Worse Outcomes in Coinfected Patients

http://www.hcvadvocate.org/news/newsRev/2006/HJR-3.8.html

***Hepatitis B Journal Review: June 2006

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