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Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C Infection and Parkinson's Disease Linked [VIDEO]
By Lori Brown | Mar 31, 2017 10:02 AM EDTHepatitis B and C are found to increase the risk of Parkinson's Disease in a UK study although the reason is still unknown.
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Chronic Hepatitis B Mothers Pose Greater Risk Of Infection For Child: New Cure Soon?
By George Houston | May 07, 2016 07:01 AM EDTA new study from the University of Southern California could push forward a successful cure for chronic Hepatitis b (HBV) especially that HBV mothers greatly risk their child of acquiring the same infection.
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Be Informed: April is Sexually Transmitted Disease Month
By Victoria Bale | Apr 13, 2016 04:51 AM EDTYearly, Get Yourself Tested (GYT) launches online campaigns and outside activities to raise the awareness and promote sexual health and tackle about the inexplicably increasing rates of STD among young people. The activity is being held every April as it is the month for STD awareness.
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$1 Paper-Based Test Can Diagnose Hepatitis B
By R. Siva Kumar | Nov 03, 2015 11:57 AM ESTA new paper device has been invented by researchers in order to diagnose hepatitis B as well as male fertility.
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Majority of U.S. Babies get Vaccinated
By Cheri Cheng | Aug 29, 2014 10:01 AM EDTThe CDC reported that the vast majority of babies get vaccinated in the U.S.
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Viral Hepatitis is more Fatal than HIV in Europe
By Cheri Cheng | Apr 11, 2014 10:04 AM EDTThe Global Burden of Disease Study 2010 reported that in Europe, viral hepatitis is more deadly than HIV.
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NY Hospital Warns Patients of Possible Exposure to Hepatitis and HIV
By Cheri Cheng | Mar 13, 2014 09:37 AM EDTPatients admitted to a Long Island Hospital in New York might have been exposed to Hepatitis B and C, and HIV.
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Chinese Officials Report Vaccine did not Kill Children
By Cheri Cheng | Jan 03, 2014 02:08 PM ESTChinese officials have reported that nine of the 17 children deaths were unrelated to the hepatitis B vaccine.
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Oklahoma Negligent Dentist, 57 Patients Test Positive for HIV, Hepatitis
By Jennifer Broderick | Apr 18, 2013 10:17 PM EDTAlmost 60 people have tested positive for hepatitis or HIV after visiting an Oklahoma dentist who used unsanitary medical equipment on them during their checkup, the Tulsa Health Department said Thursday.
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Up to 100 Patients Urged to Be Tested for 'Infectious Diseases' after Arkansas Dentist's Death
By Makini Brice | Apr 10, 2013 12:11 PM EDTPatients of Arkansas dentist Dr. William Jarrod Stewart are recommended to receive blood tests.
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Oklahoma Dentist Patients Line Up for HIV, Hepatitis Testing Following Health Scare
By Jennifer Broderick | Mar 30, 2013 09:00 PM EDTFollowing the public health scare in Oklahoma where an oral surgeon is accused of unsanitary practices which may have exposed 7,000 patients with hepatitis or HIV, hundreds of former patients lined up on Saturday to get tested.
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Dentist May Have Exposed 7,000 Patients to HIV, Hepatits in Oklahoma
By Christine Hsu | Mar 28, 2013 06:59 PM EDTThousands of people in Oklahoma may have been infected with HIV and hepatitis after health officials discovered evidence that a dentist in Tulsa was not properly sterilizing the tools and equipment he used on his patients, despite knowing that several of them carried the viruses.
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Potent Bee Venom Can Kill HIV, a study finds
By Cheri Cheng | Mar 08, 2013 10:44 AM ESTResearchers report that melittin, found in bee venom, can attack the membranes of the HIV virus.
