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SPECIAL REPORT: Teens & Tats ... Paying the price
WSBT-TV Anchor/ReporterAs tattoos have become more mainstream in our culture, more and more teens at younger and younger ages are hitting up their parents to be inked. But there are so many considerations besides just age, including health considerations. And one of the...Tags: Family, Health, Diseases and Illnesses, Hepatitis C
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CDC to baby boomers: Get tested for hepatitis C
ATLANTA (AP) — For the first time, the government is proposing that all baby boomers get tested for hepatitis C. Anyone born from 1945 to 1965 should get a one-time blood test to see if they have the liver-destroying virus, the Centers for...Tags: Harris Interactive Incorporated, Cirrhosis, Viral Diseases and Infections, Health, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Indiana's health priorities target obesity, tobacco
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana health officials are targeting infant mortality, obesity, tobacco use and other health priorities in a new five-year plan aimed at improving the health of Hoosiers. The plan released Monday also focuses on assuring...Tags: HIV, Medical Services, Health, Weight, Allen County (Indiana)
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Yale Researchers Urge More Street Work When Studying People With Both HIV, Hepatitis C
The Hartford CourantResearchers need to work harder to screen high-risk populations for people who are infected with both HIV and hepatitis C, say the authors of a new Yale University study on the incidence of co-infection in the New Haven area. The study, published Tuesday...Tags: HIV, Health Organizations, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Health and Safety at School, Waterbury
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Area's first human-milk depot opens Tuesday at Florida Hospital
For some babies, the liquid is life saving. Now more will be able to receive human breast milk when the area's first milk depot — a place where nursing moms can drop off donated breast milk for other women's infants — opens Tuesday at...
Tags: HIV, Winter Park, Nursing, Human Interest, Hospitals and Clinics
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Many with hepatitis C don't get needed follow-up tests, CDC says
Half of all patients who have tested positive for hepatitis C have not had follow-up testing to see if they are still infected, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That means many people are living with the disease and not...
Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Cirrhosis, Liver Cancer, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Diseases and Illnesses
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Many in U.S. don't get proper testing for hepatitis C- CDC
ReutersBy Julie Steenhuysen NEW YORK, May 8 (Reuters) - Only half of people in the United States who have ever been infected with hepatitis C get proper testing for the liver-destroying disease, according to U.S. health officials. Proper testing is a two-...Tags: Cirrhosis, Viral Diseases and Infections, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Merck & Company Incorporated, Disease Prevention
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FDA fast tracks AbbVie hepatitis C drug
Tribune reporterAbbVie said Monday that its new hepatitis C drug regimen has been given a breakthrough therapy designation by the Food and Drug Administration, putting it on the fast track for potential approval in the United States. A breakthrough therapy...Tags: Vaccines, Food and Drug Administration, Trials, Diseases and Illnesses, Hepatitis C
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Humira sales propel AbbVie in 1Q
Tribune staff reporterIn its first quarter as an independent, publicly traded company, AbbVie Inc. said net income rose 9.6 percent, to $968 million, or 60 cents a share, from $883 million, or 56 cents a share, a year earlier when the company was still a part of Abbott...Tags: Crohn's Disease, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Earnings, Companies and Corporations, Abbott Laboratories
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Bristol-Myers oral hepatitis C regimen looks competitive -study
Reuters* 94 pct cure rate seen with Bristol-Myers oral regimen * Three-drug regimen does not include ribavirin * 2 serious side effects likely unconnected to Bristol drugs By Bill Berkrot April 23 (Reuters) - A combination of three experimental Bristol-Myers...Tags: Cirrhosis, Viral Diseases and Infections, Bristol Myers Squibb Company, Trials, Medical Research
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UnitedHealth Units Hit With $500M Verdict In Hepatitis Case
A Nevada jury awarded $500 million in punitive damages in a closely watched case against two affiliates of UnitedHealth Group stemming from a hepatitis C outbreak in the state, according to a spokeswoman for a law firm in the case. The case involves...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Insurance, Trials, Justice System, Sierra Health Services Incorporated
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Lawyer defends record of Oklahoma dentist in HIV-exposure scare
ReutersOKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) - A lawyer for an Oklahoma oral surgeon accused of using improper sterilization procedures and rusty surgical tools that may have exposed patients to HIV and hepatitis said on Wednesday his client had an impeccable record and...Tags: HIV, Crime, Law and Justice, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, Justice System, Health and Medical Professionals
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