Hepatitis C (New York Times)

Hepatitis C is a viral disease that leads to swelling (inflammation) of the liver.

India's Hepatitis B Virus Drug Market Will Grow Ten-Fold by 2012 (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)

Decision Resources, one of the world's leading research and advisory firms focusing on pharmaceutical and healthcare issues, forecasts that the Indian hepatitis B virus drug market will grow ten-fold by 2012, from $1.7 million in 2007 to $17 million in 2012.

Ask Dr. H: The types and causes of hepatitis (The Philadelphia Inquirer)

Question: Could you explain the different forms of hepatitis? I don't have it, but wonder about it when I eat out.

YOU ARE HERE: (Aidsmap)

A US study has found that many HIV-positive gay men recently infected with hepatitis C virus have rapidly developed moderate-to-severe liver fibrosis.

Working better with Aboriginal clients: addressing sexual health, HIV and hepatitis C (News-Medical-Net)

Improving access to sexual health and related services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people living in NSW will be among the issues discussed at a workshop coordinated by the University of New South Wales (UNSW).

Helping the Hidden Community of HIV (Time Magazine)

To help stem the spread of the HIV epidemic, public health officials are making a renewed effort to reach out to closeted gay men in oppressive societies

National Kidney Foundation Launches Educational Program About Kidney Disease In Patients With HIV (Medical News Today)

The National Kidney Foundation (NKF) launched an educational program to raise awareness of the growing problem of chronic kidney disease (CKD) in patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) among clinicians and HIV treatment educators. Patients with HIV are at an increased risk of CKD, which may be associated with progression to AIDS and linked to increased mortality.

ViRexx Announces Encouraging Results From Its Lead Chimigen(TM) Therapeutic Vaccine Candidate for Treating Chronic ... (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)

ViRexx Medical Corp., company focused on developing innovative-targeted therapeutic products that offer better quality of life and a renewed hope for living. Its platform technologies include product candidates for the treatment of Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, avian influenza viral infections, biodefence and nanoparticle applications, select solid tumors and late-stage ovarian cancer, today ...

Integrating Adult Vaccines into Your Routine Care

Every year, nearly 50,000 Americans, mostly adults, die from diseases that vaccination can prevent and millions more need to be hospitalized, get too sick to care for loved ones, like children or elderly ...

Premarital medical tests help better relations

Shilpi Rani Roy Nothing worse can happen to Rahmat Alii and his wife Laila Perveen.

WXYZ-TV/Channel 7 is 'On Your Side' With Healthy Living For Kids;...

SOUTHFIELD, Mich., Aug. 20 MI-WXYZ-immunization SOUTHFIELD, Mich. , /PRNewswire/ -- WXYZ- TV/Channel 7 and The Detroit Department of Health and Wellness Promotion will give thousands of Detroit metro area ...

Liver Transplant Program Established At Montefiore

NEW YORK, Aug. 20 Bronx-liver-transplnt Area Residents Gain Access to High Quality Care as State Approves Only Program in The Bronx , /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Patients who suffer from severe liver disease and ...

Mary Jane on Mary Street

Barrie Police officers went to a Mary Street home after witnesses said people were doing drugs.

Inmate influx sparks debate

A vote on what might have been a routine contract decision by Centre County commissioners Tuesday led to a contentious debate over whether the county should allow out-of-county inmates in its prison.

Missouri Teen Sentenced For Throwing Human Feces At Pregnant Woman.

A Missouri teen is sentenced today for being part of a group that threw waste around, and by waste we mean bodily waste.

'Encouraging' vaccine results

EDMONTON / ViRexx Medical Corp. says it's had encouraging results from laboratory studies on its lead Chimigen vaccine for chronic hepatitis B patients.

Report addresses Indigenous prison rate issue

Transcript Report addresses Indigenous prison rate issue The World Today - Wednesday, 20 August , 2008 12:45:00 Reporter: Simon Lauder ELEANOR HALL: Several health and Indigenous research groups are calling for ...

The Windows to Your Liver

How can you see into your liver? Let's face it: the liver isn't an easy organ to access.