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Andover woman told to get tested for Hepatitis C
KWCH 12 Eyewitness NewsAn Andover woman recently learns she may have been exposed to Hepatitis C while being treated at Hays Medical Center. The Hays hospital sent Linda Ficken a letter telling her to get tested for Hepatitis C. Ficken is one of 460 patients Hays Med is...Tags: Cardiac Catheterization, Radiology, Cirrhosis, Medical Specialization, Hospitals and Clinics
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Andover woman victim of Hepatitis C exposure
KWCH 12 Eyewitness NewsThere are new developments in the case of a hospital worker accused of infecting patients with Hepatitis C. Two Kansans have now tested positive for the highly contagious virus. Linda Ficken told Eyewitness News last week that she wasn't worried...Tags: Cardiac Catheterization, Hospitals and Clinics, Medical Procedures and Tests, Hepatitis C , Viral Diseases and Infections
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1,750 had possible contact with technician with hepatitis C
Four Maryland hospitals are offering free hepatitis C testing to at least 1,750 patients who may have been exposed to the viral disease by a traveling medical technician, as state officials launch a broad regulatory review in response to the case. The...
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Former resident stabbed
swaltman@aberdeennews.comA former Aberdeen resident was one of two men stabbed Wednesday morning when a man with a knife broke into a Topeka, Kan., television station. Roger Brokke said the assailant stabbed him in the hip, bit him in the back and hit him. Brokke, 56, is the...Tags: Health, HIV, Television Stations, Corporate Officers, Tetanus
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Progress in Hepatitis C research
Hepatitis C has long been a problem with a low rate of cure. But new drug therapies are in use and others are on the horizon, according to Dr. Paul J. Thuluvath, chief of gastroenterology at Mercy Medical Center and the medical director of the Institute...Tags: HIV, Pharmaceuticals, Food and Drug Administration, Personal Service, Liver
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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: Liver Cancer, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Cirrhosis, Emergency Health Procedures, Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
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Hometown Health: Doctors encourage Hepatitis screening with first ever testing day
Reporter/Lynchburg Bureau ChiefThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are trying to get more people tested for Hepatitis C. More than 4-million Americans are living with the disease, and most of them don't even know it. Saturday is Hepatitis Testing Day in the United States. ...Tags: Health, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Lynchburg (Lynchburg, Virginia), Medical Procedures and Tests
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Free Hepatitis Testing and Vaccines Friday and Saturday
Hispanosphere - Orlando SentinelThe Orange County Health Department is recognizing May as National Hepatitis Awareness Month and May 19 as National Hepatitis Testing Day. The intent of these annual observances is to raise awareness about the global impact of viral hepatitis and the... -
Clark County tops state organ donor registry
The Winchester SunNearly 70 percent of Clark County residents are registered organ donors, the highest percentage of any community in the state, according to Clark Circuit Clerk Paula Joslin. April is National Donate Life Month, and the Clark Circuit Clerk’s...Tags: Charity, Health, Human Interest, Genes and Chromosomes, Cancer
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Valley health care professionals armed with virus information
Staff WriterCALEXICO – Imperial Valley health care professionals learned about treatment and prevention of the hepatitis C virus, the most common bloodborne infection in the country, at a half-day program hosted at the Imperial Valley Medical Clinic on...Tags: Health, Substance Abuse, Mental Health, Behavioral Conditions, Hospitals and Clinics
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Former Waynesboro resident claims he got hepatitis through reused needles in 2008
waynesboro@herald-mail.comA judge will make several key decisions in the coming weeks in a man’s lawsuit against Urology Associates of Chambersburg, which told patients last year it had reused prostate biopsy needles. Franklin County (Pa.) Court of Common Pleas Judge...Tags: Justice System, Judges, Crime, Law and Justice, Trials, Franklin County (Pennsylvania)
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