]> http://www.healthedia.com/popular/articles/hepatitis Hepatitis - Today's Popular Articles at http://www.healthedia.com en http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/wsjcom-health-blog/885422?rsstype=populararticles&cid=90 Announcing today s $400 million cash deal for Human Genome Sciences spin-off CoGenesys, Teva called out the company s albumin technology, which promises to make biotech drugs last longer in the body. That technology has changed hands quite a few ... Tue, 22 Jan 2008 10:25:45 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/wsjcom-health-blog/885422?rsstype=populararticles&cid=90 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/patients-doctor/885491?rsstype=populararticles&cid=90 Introducing nine new made-up diseases for drug companies to exploit with mind-altering drugs (satire): Language Obfuscation Disorder (LOD). Striking mostly doctors, surgeons and oncologists, Language Obfuscation Disorder causes its victims to speak ... Tue, 22 Jan 2008 13:27:00 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/patients-doctor/885491?rsstype=populararticles&cid=90 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/addiction-and-recovery-news/884016?rsstype=populararticles&cid=90 BMJ has pro/con commentaries on the subject of heroin maintenance.Opioid maintenance treatment generally seems to be well justified for treating this disease. And if maintenance is generally justifiable as a form of treatment, why should heroin not b... Sun, 13 Jan 2008 07:03:00 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/addiction-and-recovery-news/884016?rsstype=populararticles&cid=90 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/autism-vox/883083?rsstype=populararticles&cid=90 Exposure to thimerasol, a preservative that contains ethylmercury, during childhood is not a primary cause of autism.This is the conclusion of a study published in the January Archives of General Psychiatry (Vol. 65, no. 1) by Robert Schechter, MD, M... Mon, 07 Jan 2008 14:00:29 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/autism-vox/883083?rsstype=populararticles&cid=90 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/autism-vox/882226?rsstype=populararticles&cid=90 As you ve perhaps already heard, celeb autism mother Jenny Mccarthy has been named one of the 10 women who inspired us in 2007.The zany blond struck a serious note this year, going public with her son s autism diagnosis. Her book Louder Than Word... Tue, 01 Jan 2008 15:37:26 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/autism-vox/882226?rsstype=populararticles&cid=90 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/chinese-medicine-news/881789?rsstype=populararticles&cid=90 CM NEWS - A substance of popular Chinese herb huang qin (Scutellaria radix, ) triggers the death process in tumour cells, while it has virtually no effect on healthy cells, according to a new discovery of this selective function of huang qin by... Fri, 28 Dec 2007 03:13:27 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/chinese-medicine-news/881789?rsstype=populararticles&cid=90 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/adams-center/881770?rsstype=populararticles&cid=90 I often get questions from patients wanting to know about a non-surgical way to reduce unwanted, localized fat deposits and cellulite. People are sometimes put off by liposuction/body contouring surgery because of cost, downtime, or fear of complicat... Thu, 27 Dec 2007 19:28:48 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/adams-center/881770?rsstype=populararticles&cid=90 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/autism-vox/881091?rsstype=populararticles&cid=90 Of the many books about autism published this year, Louder Than Words: A Mother s Journey in Healing Autism by Jenny McCarthy must have sold the most copies. McCarthy appeared on every major TV talk show from Oprah to Good Morning America to Larry ... Fri, 21 Dec 2007 11:30:07 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/autism-vox/881091?rsstype=populararticles&cid=90 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/disease-proof/879941?rsstype=populararticles&cid=90 I guess the news about the ideal cholesterol level is fueling this fire. Merck really-really wants the FDA to approve the first-ever over-the-counter statin. Steven Reinberg of HealthDay News reports:For the third time in seven years, a U.S. Fo... Fri, 14 Dec 2007 08:01:51 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/disease-proof/879941?rsstype=populararticles&cid=90 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/blogging-baby/879833?rsstype=populararticles&cid=90 Filed under: Monitoring your kids, Doctor's office, Brands, Making a Difference, Recalls, In the NewsMerck is recalling one million doses of Hib vaccination, the shot used to prevent meningitis and pneumonia, after testing showed sterilization proble... Thu, 13 Dec 2007 09:00:00 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/blogging-baby/879833?rsstype=populararticles&cid=90 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/disease-proof/879754?rsstype=populararticles&cid=90 Alright, I m convinced. This nation has gone loony-tunes! First, New Jersey went off the deep end with mandatory flu injections, and now, a new government report insists that a total cholesterol level of 199 is ideal. What! Mike Stobbe of Associate... Thu, 13 Dec 2007 07:32:58 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/disease-proof/879754?rsstype=populararticles&cid=90 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/celebrity-health/878174?rsstype=populararticles&cid=90 Evel Knievel has died in Clearwater, Florida at the age of 69. The legendary daredevil had been suffering from idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis that required him to be on oxygen 24 hours a day. On November 30, after Knieval was having trouble breathin... Sun, 02 Dec 2007 23:06:43 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/celebrity-health/878174?rsstype=populararticles&cid=90 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/dr-gwenn-is-in/875463?rsstype=populararticles&cid=90 This story is not too different than Any Town, USA. A school district sets requirements for immunizations - for example, provide proof of hepatitis and chicken pox immunizations by early in the school year. Parents who failed to comply were asked to ... Thu, 15 Nov 2007 08:46:00 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/dr-gwenn-is-in/875463?rsstype=populararticles&cid=90 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/autism-vox/875130?rsstype=populararticles&cid=90 You wouldn t know it from much of what you read online and hear, but vaccines were created to benefit our lives and make us healthier; a study published in the November 14th Journal of the American Medical Association notes that death rates for 13 ... Wed, 14 Nov 2007 04:48:24 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/autism-vox/875130?rsstype=populararticles&cid=90 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/dr-butterys/875071?rsstype=populararticles&cid=90 From JAMA today: A greater than 92% decline in cases and a 99% or greater decline in deaths due to diseases prevented by vaccines recommended before 1980 were shown for diphtheria, mumps, pertussis, and tetanus. Endemic transmission of poliovirus and... Tue, 13 Nov 2007 17:16:40 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/dr-butterys/875071?rsstype=populararticles&cid=90 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/addiction-and-recovery-news/873832?rsstype=populararticles&cid=90 From the New York Times:As he coaches one of the highest-ranked high school soccer teams in the country, Martin Jacobson also battles hepatitis C, a disease he contracted in an earlier life as a drug addict. ... Mon, 05 Nov 2007 17:24:00 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/addiction-and-recovery-news/873832?rsstype=populararticles&cid=90 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/med-gadget/873514?rsstype=populararticles&cid=90 Jennifer Timpe et al from the McKeating Laboratory at the Institute for Biomedical Research at the University of Birmingham uncovered a previously unknown mode of Hep C transmission.From the statement by the UK's Medical Research Council:Scientists l... Mon, 05 Nov 2007 03:00:14 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/med-gadget/873514?rsstype=populararticles&cid=90 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/dr-razavis-good-to-know-info/873445?rsstype=populararticles&cid=90 After many years of practicing medicine, there's not a lot that I hear in my office that surprises me. However, recently I met a patient who said that he had not received any of his vaccinations, not even the childhood ones. He was not from a remote ... Sat, 03 Nov 2007 12:32:00 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/dr-razavis-good-to-know-info/873445?rsstype=populararticles&cid=90 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/wsjcom-health-blog/873312?rsstype=populararticles&cid=90 New treatments for hepatitis C have been getting a fair bit of attention lately (click on the image at left for the WSJ s recent look). But until now nobody s been paying attention to Alinia, a drug approved to treat diarrhea, that s being trie... Fri, 02 Nov 2007 16:17:59 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/wsjcom-health-blog/873312?rsstype=populararticles&cid=90 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/med-gadget/873246?rsstype=populararticles&cid=90 Since childhood we've been awaiting laser weapons like those in Star Wars and GI Joe - bright, colorful, a pleasant firing beep, and a light beam that propagates slower than sound. Those days may forever stay in our imagination, but down here on Ear... Fri, 02 Nov 2007 14:51:40 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/med-gadget/873246?rsstype=populararticles&cid=90 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/wsjcom-health-blog/873034?rsstype=populararticles&cid=90 Hepatitis C is treatable but existing medicines aren t enough for many patients. The disease, which can destroy the liver over decades, is transmitted through infected blood and can remain silent in the body for decades. Click here or on the i... Thu, 01 Nov 2007 10:10:42 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/wsjcom-health-blog/873034?rsstype=populararticles&cid=90 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/autism-vox/872279?rsstype=populararticles&cid=90 If you hear about Arthur Miller a witch hunt McCarthyism -the first thing that might come to mind is Miller s 1952 play The Crucible, which is often interpreted as an allegory for the McCarthy Hearings. In 1952, Joe McCarthy, the junior senat... Sun, 28 Oct 2007 01:14:51 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/autism-vox/872279?rsstype=populararticles&cid=90 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/wsjcom-health-blog/871216?rsstype=populararticles&cid=90 The Health Blog looked for stories you might have missed over the weekend. Here s our short list.Cardiologists who snake balloons and stents into clogged heart arteries are meeting in Washington at their version of the Detroit Auto Show. But the sh... Mon, 22 Oct 2007 10:13:16 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/wsjcom-health-blog/871216?rsstype=populararticles&cid=90 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/straight-from-the-doc/870455?rsstype=populararticles&cid=90 The human papilloma virus (HPV) is a common virus that can increase the risk of cervical cancer in women.We all know that early detection is most beneficial, so is in the case of HPV and cervical cancer.Now, scientists from Iowa reported that they ha... Wed, 17 Oct 2007 06:13:03 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/straight-from-the-doc/870455?rsstype=populararticles&cid=90 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/celebrity-health/869956?rsstype=populararticles&cid=90 Pamela Anderson is vehemently denying rumors that she's two months pregnant with new husband Rick Salomon's love child. She told Robin Leach: Its just not true. I would tell you if it was. That's good to know, considering she's been seen doi... Sat, 13 Oct 2007 19:08:19 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/celebrity-health/869956?rsstype=populararticles&cid=90 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/med-gadget/869066?rsstype=populararticles&cid=90 A group of investigators at the Ecole Polytechnique F d rale de Lausanne animal-tested a nanoparticle-based vaccine (nanoparticles conjugated to the model antigen ovalbumin), and found a promising immunologic response, both humoral and cellular:Bio... Mon, 08 Oct 2007 14:58:35 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/med-gadget/869066?rsstype=populararticles&cid=90 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/chinese-medicine-news/868379?rsstype=populararticles&cid=90 CM NEWS - A famous TCM arthritis drug and expensive mushroom lingzhi have analgesic effects for rheumatoid arthritis, but the long-claimed anti-inflammatory and immunity boosting functions are yet to be substantiated, a new study says.The study was d... Thu, 04 Oct 2007 03:27:12 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/chinese-medicine-news/868379?rsstype=populararticles&cid=90 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/foot-blog/866618?rsstype=populararticles&cid=90 MNT- Results of the phase 1 clinical trial are important to the fields of dermatology and infectious diseases because currently approved systemic medications for onychomycosis carry serious risks of cardiac and liver toxicity, said James Baker... Sun, 23 Sep 2007 21:41:20 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/foot-blog/866618?rsstype=populararticles&cid=90 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/med-gadget/866170?rsstype=populararticles&cid=90 The Wall Street Journal is raising issue about potential neurotoxicitiy of tattoo dyes, if and when the epidural needle picks a small amount from subcutaneous tissue, and carries it into the epidural space. There is probably more spin to this story t... Thu, 20 Sep 2007 04:21:32 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/med-gadget/866170?rsstype=populararticles&cid=90 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/get-ready-for-flu/862684?rsstype=populararticles&cid=90 Computers and computer networks are playing a key role in helping predict and analyze infectious disease transmission, according to recent news reports. Among the computer-related headlines and research reported this week by APHA's Get Ready News Twi... Tue, 28 Aug 2007 11:46:00 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/get-ready-for-flu/862684?rsstype=populararticles&cid=90 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/dr-razavis-good-to-know-info/861667?rsstype=populararticles&cid=90 Many of us get vaccinated for Hepatitis A only when we travel, but you don't have to go far to get this virus. Recently a food handler who worked at Jamba juice at 1140 Lincoln Ave in San Jose (Willow Glen) has been diagnosed with hepatitis A infect... Mon, 27 Aug 2007 02:38:00 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/dr-razavis-good-to-know-info/861667?rsstype=populararticles&cid=90 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/all-ears/859793?rsstype=populararticles&cid=90 I built a new garage last year, mostly to hold all my stuff(as my wife calls it). I rarely have room to put a car in the garage since we are still storing a lot of our adult kid's stuff, mowers, a tractor, furniture, shop equipment, etc. I really sho... Tue, 14 Aug 2007 11:52:00 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/all-ears/859793?rsstype=populararticles&cid=90 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/cancer-blog/859301?rsstype=populararticles&cid=90 Filed under: Liver CancerA simple new blood test can detect early stage liver cancer, according to researchers led by Chitty Chen at the Flanders Institute for Biotechnology and Ghent University in Belgium. Liver cancer is a major killer in Asia and ... Mon, 13 Aug 2007 12:02:00 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/cancer-blog/859301?rsstype=populararticles&cid=90 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/wsjcom-health-blog/858774?rsstype=populararticles&cid=90 In another blow to Wyeth, the FDA gave the company, and its partner Solvay Pharmaceuticals, a thumbs-down on their experimental schizophrenia drug bifeprunox. It s the second major setback dealt to Wyeth by FDA in a matter of weeks. Late last m... Fri, 10 Aug 2007 10:10:15 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/wsjcom-health-blog/858774?rsstype=populararticles&cid=90 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/autism-vox/858707?rsstype=populararticles&cid=90 Mention vaccines in autism and you can feel the mercury rising and the conversation become an exchange of volleys between those who state their child became autistic because of a vaccine (such as the MMR) or because of something in vaccines (such as ... Fri, 10 Aug 2007 01:01:29 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/autism-vox/858707?rsstype=populararticles&cid=90 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/diabetes-blog/856374?rsstype=populararticles&cid=90 Filed under: Type 2, Childhood, Adult Onset, ResearchA recent study by researchers in Taiwan revealed hepatitis C virus (HCV) raises the risk of type 2 diabetes. Hepatitis C is a blood-borne, infectious viral disease that messes with the liver -- cap... Sat, 28 Jul 2007 19:20:00 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/diabetes-blog/856374?rsstype=populararticles&cid=90 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/h5n1/856268?rsstype=populararticles&cid=90 Vegreville is a small town east of Edmonton, Alberta. Its main claim to fame used to be the biggest pysanky (Ukrainian Easter egg) in the world. More recently, however, Vegreville's hospital turned out to have pre-Semmelweis 18th-century levels of c... Fri, 27 Jul 2007 19:54:16 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/h5n1/856268?rsstype=populararticles&cid=90 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/daily-diabetic/855873?rsstype=populararticles&cid=90 As found out by a population-based study in Taiwan, people infected with hepatitis C virus have an increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes. Dr. Chong-Shan Wang from National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, and colleagues wrote in the American Jour... Thu, 26 Jul 2007 04:01:44 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/daily-diabetic/855873?rsstype=populararticles&cid=90 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/diabetes-blog/855108?rsstype=populararticles&cid=90 Filed under: Type 2, Childhood, Adult Onset, ResearchNo vials of blood. No visit to a doctor's office. Check out your risk for diabetes and heart disease from the comfort of your own home. Sorry phlebotomists!Home Access Health Corporation already ma... Sun, 22 Jul 2007 19:40:00 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/diabetes-blog/855108?rsstype=populararticles&cid=90 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/cancer-blog/853882?rsstype=populararticles&cid=90 Filed under: All CancersA recent report shows that Asian-Americans, including those born here and new immigrants, have distinctive patterns of cancer incidence that doctors should keep in mind when treating them. The report was originally published i... Mon, 16 Jul 2007 10:27:00 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/cancer-blog/853882?rsstype=populararticles&cid=90 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/wsjcom-health-blog/853118?rsstype=populararticles&cid=90 Idenix Pharmaceuticals is suspending clinical development for an experimental drug for hepatitis C, the company said this morning. The decision follows discussions with the FDA about the drug, called valopicitabine. The halt was based on the overall... Fri, 13 Jul 2007 09:05:36 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/wsjcom-health-blog/853118?rsstype=populararticles&cid=90 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/blogging-baby/852489?rsstype=populararticles&cid=90 Filed under: Child Development, Health and Safety, Middle school, High school, Teenager, 13-14 years, 15-19 yearsWhen you have a baby, the pediatrician is relentless with reminders about the immunization schedule. The Health Department sends letters.... Wed, 11 Jul 2007 06:30:00 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/blogging-baby/852489?rsstype=populararticles&cid=90 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/cancer-commentary/852195?rsstype=populararticles&cid=90 Ever wondered by liver cancer is more prevalent in men than women? Women have estrogen to thank for.Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) a devastating complication of chronic liver disease and inflammation caused by risk factors such as hepatitis B and... Mon, 09 Jul 2007 21:52:38 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/cancer-commentary/852195?rsstype=populararticles&cid=90 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/cancer-blog/851616?rsstype=populararticles&cid=90 Filed under: Liver Cancer, ResearchA reason more men end up developing liver cancer than women may have been discovered, as new findings have pointed to a protein that's produced more by males than females.The protein (interleukin-6) results in addin... Fri, 06 Jul 2007 09:41:00 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/cancer-blog/851616?rsstype=populararticles&cid=90 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/kevin-md-medical-weblog/851427?rsstype=populararticles&cid=90 Spoken word is a form of performing art that combines poetry and rap. Here's a pretty cool one about the dangers of hepatitis B.... Thu, 05 Jul 2007 07:54:42 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/kevin-md-medical-weblog/851427?rsstype=populararticles&cid=90 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/chinese-medicine-news/851397?rsstype=populararticles&cid=90 Interfax - As drug discovery options run dry with fewer and fewer synthetic lead compounds and structure-based medicines being discovered, multinationals are increasingly turning to traditional Chinese medicines as a new source.TCM modernization, the... Thu, 05 Jul 2007 00:11:45 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/chinese-medicine-news/851397?rsstype=populararticles&cid=90 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/wsjcom-health-blog/850285?rsstype=populararticles&cid=90 Almost all surgeons are accidentally stuck with a needle or sharp instrument at some point in their training, and the pokes often come from needles that have been used on patients likely to carry a serious blood-borne disease, says a survey published... Thu, 28 Jun 2007 11:05:29 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/wsjcom-health-blog/850285?rsstype=populararticles&cid=90 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/medicine-for-the-outdoors/847683?rsstype=populararticles&cid=90 One of the hazards of cleaning wounds in the wilderness (or in the urban setting) is splashing the irrigation (cleaning) water, because the spray can transfer body fluids (containing infectious viruses, bacteria, etc.) onto the rescuer. In this day o... Thu, 14 Jun 2007 20:40:00 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/medicine-for-the-outdoors/847683?rsstype=populararticles&cid=90 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/healthoma/846020?rsstype=populararticles&cid=90 It s absolutely true and makes sense that alcohol is tonic as well as poison. Depending upon the dose. Moderate drinking has been seen as benefiting the heart and circulatory system, and in all probabilities it also protects against type 2 diabetes... Wed, 06 Jun 2007 22:20:48 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/healthoma/846020?rsstype=populararticles&cid=90 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/breath-spa-for-kids/845442?rsstype=populararticles&cid=90 Dr. Paul Offit has written an admirably clear account of why a legal case could mean the end of the modern medical marvel of vaccines (try BugMeNot if you need a log-in for the full article).No single medical advance has had a greater impact on human... Mon, 04 Jun 2007 11:15:00 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/breath-spa-for-kids/845442?rsstype=populararticles&cid=90