| Hepatitis A vaccine not widely used for Hepatitis C patients EurekAlert! Tue, 23 Aug 2005 11:59 AM PDT A new study examining whether patients with chronic Hepatitis C virus (HCV) were routinely vaccinated against Hepatitis A virus (HAV) found that vaccination rates were low, even though HAV vaccination is recommended for patients with chronic liver disease. |
| Iraqi Reports: Pollution, Health Service Decline; Rising Cancer, Hepatitis Rate RedNova Tue, 23 Aug 2005 1:25 PM PDT Text of report from Baghdad by Shima al-Jash'ami entitled "Thousands of citizens struck by cancer; death of 269 others because of decline in health services" published by Iraqi newspaper Al- Furat on 25 July Official health reports confirm that 269 citizens have died because of their affliction with liver cancer. |
| Hospital to Patients: Get an HIV Test, Equipment Not Properly Cleaned WTOP Radio Network Wed, 24 Aug 2005 7:23 AM PDT Inova Loudoun Hospital is asking patients who underwent endoscopic exams to get tested for HIV and hepatitis. |
| Benitec Patents Upheld In Australia RedNova Wed, 24 Aug 2005 8:09 AM PDT MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Aug. 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Benitec Ltd. announced today that the Australian Patent Office has completed its review of Benitec's issued patents and they have been upheld. |
| Dennis H. Langer Appointed to Sirna Therapeutics Board of Directors RedNova Wed, 24 Aug 2005 8:08 AM PDT SAN FRANCISCO and BOULDER, Colo., Aug. 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sirna Therapeutics, Inc. , a leading RNAi therapeutics company, today announced the appointment of Dennis H. Langer, M.D., J.D. to the Company's Board of Directors. Dr. |
| HIV: His Individual Victory Express India Tue, 23 Aug 2005 3:24 PM PDT In 1989, when K Basantakumar met a group of people in secret-all former Intravenous Drug Users -to share experiences and keep each other out of trouble, he had already been jailed seven times for possession and peddling, lived on the streets, been in and out of rehab, left by his wife and children and plagued by ill-health. |
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