US health secretary says organ donation a priority <br><br>NEW YORK, Feb 02 (Reuters Health) - On his first day as Secretary of Health and Human Services...
Friday February 2, 3:13 pm Eastern Time<br>Press Release<br>SOURCE: Gift of Life Donor Program<br>Greater Philadelphia Region Leads Nation in Number of Organ...
Hepatitis C Variants Replicate in Cell Culture <br><br>WESTPORT, CT (Reuters Health) Dec 07 - For the first time, scientists<br>have efficiently grown...
Study Confirms Importance of Alcohol Abstention in Patients Infected with Hepatitis C Virus <br>Study authors estimate that heavy alcohol abuse increased the...
Value of Liver Biopsy in Chronic Hepatitis Confirmed<br>Data indicates that a liver biopsy is necessary in the majority of hepatitis C-infected patients to...
Age More Important than Atopy for Continued Chronic Hepatitis C<br>12th January, 2001<br>Meeting, International Association of Allergology and Clinical ...
HFI's 4th National Hepatitis Congress<br> Walk on Washington 2001<br> March 24, 25, 26, 2001 <br>Our voices need to be heard again on Capitol Hill. We need...
Serum Alt Values Important But Don't Tell Full Story of Liver Disease <br><br>January 26, 2001 <br>A study published in the journal Medizinische Klinik shows...
OK what is atophy and what does it have to do with HCV? If I read this verbatim it would appear that if you are over 35 forget clearing if you have allergies....
Ane, Atopy is an allergy for which there id a genetic preisposition. The tendency to develop a certain type of allergy can be inherited, but not the allergy ...
One of the most common and symptoms among people with liver disease is fatigue.<br>It's universal to all varieties of liver disease from Primary Biliary ...
for updated hepatitis C combo therapy<br>NEW YORK, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Schering-Plough Corp. (NYSE:SGP - news) said on Tuesday it has asked U.S. regulators for...
Sorry I haven't been posting, my husband, George went into the hosp. last wed for surgury. He had a colostomy reversal, hernia removed, scar tissue removed, ...
Hi HepRandi: I'm glad I found your post I'm Goergie the one who e-mailed you the other day about helping out the organ donor cause. I love your website and am...
New Report Says Organ Waiting List Increased Far Faster Than Donation in <br>1990s; HHS Secretary Urges Americans to Increase Donation <br><br>RICHMOND, Va.,...
Conversely, only 35 percent of all living donors were full <br>siblings in 1999, down from 52 percent in 1990.Living donor organ transplants <br>are increasing...
Georgie I'm so glad you found us :) The living donor's liver grows back in 3 to 6 weeks to full size. Because its major surgury they still won't do a living ...
Status 2? Is that when you are already in intensive care? You must be so proud of your daughter, But then again you are her Mom and she loves you so much. I...
Patients want more talk, less action from docs<br>NEW YORK, Feb 23 (Reuters Health) - Patients would rather spend precious time with their doctor talking about...
Hepatitis/Transplant Chat<br>Sunday's @ 7:00 pm MST 9:00 pm EST<br><br>Bring Friends.,.,<br><br>Love to get together and chat, This will be an open chat......
January 25, 2001 Contact: Damon Thompson<br>(202) 205-1842<br>HEPATITIS C: AN EMERGING THREAT TO PUBLIC HEALTH<br><br>Overview: The Department of Health and...
Ensuring Blood Safety. In July 1992, the FDA approved a new, more highly sensitive antibody test for screening blood against HCV to replace the first test ...
These organizations include the American Liver Foundation, Hepatitis Foundation International, the National Association of County and City Health Officials,...