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In Nevada: First Syringe Vending Machines Installed In US [VIDEO]
By Lori Brown | Apr 15, 2017 11:29 PM EDTTo reduce the harm caused sharing needles among drug users, syringe vending machines are installed.
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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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New Hepatitis C Drugs Completely Cure Virus In 12 Weeks, But Cost More Than $70,000 [VIDEO]
By Regina Finch | Mar 27, 2017 01:42 AM EDTThe United States is seeing a brighter future for people with hepatitis C. Newer treatments for the disease have generated positive results that it made doctors hopeful from the complete removal of the virus from the bloodstream.
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Common Virus Triggers Immune Response, Eliminates Cancer-Causing Cells; Cancer-Killing Virus A Medical Breakthrough [VIDEO]
By yasmin reyes | Nov 18, 2016 05:10 AM ESTA breakthrough study used a common virus, the reovirus, which causes respiratory infection among children. Once harnessed in its benign form, the virus can be used as an agent of immunotherapy to treat liver cancer caused by HCV.
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Hepatitis C Death Rate Higher Than HIV, Tuberculosis
By Brian McNeill | May 05, 2016 06:44 AM EDTDespite best efforts to try and bring down Hepatitis C-related cases, deaths continue to rise tied up to the disease. In fact an alarming rise saw it reach an all-time high in 2014 as revealed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention over HIV and Tuberclosis.
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Treating Hep C Should Be Cheaper: Shorter Duration And Generic Drugs Are Effective, Studies Say
By Chris Bale | Apr 19, 2016 05:23 AM EDTActress Pamela Anderson was hit with Hepatitis C (HCV) and was able to get cured after 12 weeks of expensive medication. A new study suggests that treating HCV may not need as much time as previously expected. It is also found in another research that generic drugs for HCV are as effective as the branded ones.
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Hepatitis C Triggers Cancer In Head And Neck
By George Houston | Apr 15, 2016 04:42 AM EDTThe University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center has step forward in their study of patients with Hepatitis C virus (HCV) which they recently linked with the probability of the former to developed cancer in the mouth, throat and larynx.
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Hepatitis C patients found to require lesser drugs for treatment
By C. Tordesillas | Mar 27, 2016 07:52 AM EDTHepatitis C patients are often cured before completing a treatment regimen and required less of the drugs to fight the disease.
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Pamela Anderson Talks Being Cured From Hepatitis; 'They Said I Would Die In 10 Years'
By Jenn Loro | Jan 29, 2016 12:08 PM ESTFormer Baywatch actress Pamela Anderson gets her 20 lost years back after getting cured from Hepatitis C three months ago.
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Hepatitis C Virus Infection Cure Found
By Kanika Gupta | Dec 15, 2015 02:16 PM ESTDr. Michael Charlton, director of the Liver Transplantation Program at Intermountain Medical Center Researchers at Intermountain Medical Center and his team has found a cure for this deadly disease
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Nearly Half of Medicaid Patients with Hepatitis C were denied Coverage to Drugs
By Cheri Cheng | Nov 17, 2015 09:44 AM ESTNot all hepatitis C patients with Medicaid are able to access potentially life-saving drugs, new research found.
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Pamela Anderson Announces Hepatitis C Cure With Raunchy Pic
By Peter R | Nov 10, 2015 09:05 AM ESTThe former Baywatch bade said she hoped everyone with the virus can avail or afford treatment.
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New Pill-Only Cure to Replace Traditional Hepatitis Treatment
By Christine Hsu | Oct 17, 2014 03:22 PM EDTHepatitis C infections can now be cured by pill-only regimens, according to a new study.
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Pricey New Pill Against Hepatitis C Approved
By Kamal Nayan | Oct 12, 2014 12:39 AM EDTUS regulators have approved Harvoni - a daily pill to treat hepatitis C that is simpler to administer than long-standing treatments. The Harvoni pill costs $94,500 for a 12-week course of treatment, or $1,125 per pill.
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$1000-Per-Pill Drug Is The Treatment of Choice For Hepatitis C
By Kamal Nayan | Jul 29, 2014 10:35 AM EDTA drug that costs $1000-per-pill is quickly becoming the new treatment of choice for a liver-wasting viral disease, hepatitis C. The disease currently affects more than 3 million Americans.
