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The Facts on Hepatitis

What is Hepatitis?Hepatitis is defined as an inflammation of liver. Hepatitis can be acute or chronic. Acute hepatitis last less than six months ...

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Dealing With Adult ADD

... Cholestatic jaundice, deluded necrosis, glycosidic hepatitis, and symptomatically have inspired reported rarely. Symptoms may ...

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OraSure gets FDA nod for hepatitis C test, shares up

... Inc said it received U.S. regulatory approval to market a hepatitis C virus (HCV) test, OraQuick, sending its shares up 16 percent. ...

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Success of Hepatitis C Drugs May Depend on Gene Variant

... variant associated with poor response to treatment for hepatitis C infection has been identified by scientists. ...

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Australian police probe hepatitis cluster at abortion clinic

... at an abortion clinic were deliberately infected with hepatitis C, as the number of cases linked to the centre rose to 22. ...

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Chronic Diseases

... as cardiovascular diseases, obesity, depression, cancer, hepatitis, diabetes, and asthma. They are prolonged conditions that don't ...

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It truly is a gift!

...  I was worried for months that he had given me HIV or Hepatitis C. ...

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DC pushes female condoms to fight HIV epidemic

Charlene Cotton will talk to anyone about sex. Several days a week she stands behind a table decorated with a bowl of flavored condoms and safer sex pamphlets, calling to women passing on the street, "Come check out my table. Don't be scared."

Increased Risk of Violence Among Unsupervised Teen Groups

THURSDAY, July 29 (HealthDay News) -- Even in so-called "good"
neighborhoods, there's a significantly increased risk of violence if teens
gather with nothing to do and no adult supervision, a new study
suggests.

FDA finds problems at Sanofi vaccine plant

Sanofi-Aventis failed to follow proper manufacturing procedures at a vaccine plant in France, U.S. regulators said in a letter released on Thursday.

Hire scheme aims to get Londoners on bikes

A fleet of 6,000 bicycles for hire will hit the streets of central London on Friday when the city's mayor Boris Johnson launches a scheme intended to fuel a cycling revolution in the congested capital.

Cuvposa Approved for Chronic Drooling in Children

THURSDAY, July 29 (HealthDay News) -- Cuvposa (glycopyrrolate)
Oral Solution has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration
to treat chronic drooling in children aged 3 to 16.

Stemcells coaxed to rebuild bone, cartilage

Scientists have shown for the first time that it may be possible to replace a human hip or knee with a joint grown naturally inside the body using the patient's stem cells.

Obese patients lose weight on new Orexigen drug

Overweight volunteers who took Orexigen's experimental drug Contrave, designed to reduce cravings, lost about 13 pounds (6 kg) over a year, U.S. researchers reported on Thursday.

Can secondhand smoke hurt kids' grades?

Children and teenagers exposed to secondhand smoke at home may get poorer grades than their peers from smoke-free homes, a study of Hong Kong students suggests.

Knee, Hip Replacements May Aid Weight Loss: Study

THURSDAY, July 29 (HealthDay News) -- Weight loss has been noted
among patients who've had a knee or hip replacement, a new study says.

Damp house linked to kids' risk of nasal allergies

Children who live in damp, water-damaged homes may be more likely than other kids to develop nasal allergies, a new study suggests.