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In debate over 'biosimilars,' patient safety must come first
In 1988, I became extremely ill. I had many tests, saw many doctors and was given various medicines. Some caused allergic reactions. Through it all, I remained sick — and actually became worse. Eventually, I was diagnosed with autoimmune hepatitis,...Tags: Rheumatoid Arthritis, Food and Drug Administration, Rockville (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania), Allergies, Drugs and Medicines
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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: New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Diseases and Illnesses, Yale University, Liver Disease, Health Organizations
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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: Winter Park, Human Interest, Hospitals and Clinics, Orlando, Nursing
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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: Cirrhosis, Liver Cancer, Diseases and Illnesses, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Hepatitis C
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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, Gilead Sciences Inc., Liver Cancer, Medical Research, Diseases and Illnesses
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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: Food and Drug Administration, Trials, Vaccines, 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: Rheumatoid Arthritis, Earnings, Crohn's Disease, Abbott Laboratories, Diseases and Illnesses
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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: Trials, Crime, Law and Justice, Hepatitis C , Justice System, Insurance
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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: Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, Dentistry and Dental Health, Crime, Law and Justice, Lawyers, Justice System
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1,200 dental patients in Oklahoma screened for HIV
ReutersOKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) - About 1,200 patients have been screened for exposure to HIV and hepatitis in Oklahoma after authorities found a Tulsa dentist using improper sterilization procedures and rusty surgical tools, a public health official said on...Tags: Dentistry and Dental Health, Trials, Diseases and Illnesses, Liver Disease, Hepatitis C
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Congress must restore federal funding for needle exchange
In 2009, Congress passed legislation reversing the decades-old ban on the use of federal funding for syringe exchange but, for unclear reasons, in late 2011, it reversed this decision, again withholding federal funding from programs that provide drug...
Tags: University of Maryland Medical School, Drug Use, Politics, Recreational Substance Use, Hepatitis C
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Oklahoma urges 7,000 dental patients to get hepatitis, HIV tests
As many as 7,000 dental patients in Oklahoma are being urged to take blood tests for hepatitis or the virus that causes AIDS after health officials said they discovered that instruments in a local practice were not properly cleaned. The warning of...
Tags: Dentistry and Dental Health, Viral Diseases and Infections, Symptoms, Jared Lee Loughner, Hepatitis B
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