Md. Hepatitis C May Be From Medical Tests
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A company that makes substances used in some common medical tests has suspended operations at a nuclear pharmacy in Maryland as state and federal health officials investigate several cases of hepatitis C in the Baltimore area, authorities said Thursday.
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Doctors have identified a highly contagious virus as the likely cause of an outbreak that left more than 100 teenagers in Md. violently ill over the weekend.
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NEW YORK  - Findings from a study conducted  in Japan suggest that consumption of uncooked deer meat is an  important risk factor for infection with hepatitis E virus  (HEV).
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A technique for identifying early liver damage could help improve detection of the deadly condition cirrhosis.
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Researchers have revealed that a group of people who appear to be resistant to hepatitis C despite constant exposure to the virus, may help develop a vaccine to curb its onset.
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People infected with hepatitis C can be cured with existing treatments, researchers have discovered.
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Cases of hepatitis C among young drug users in London are reaching epidemic levels, researchers have warned. The number of people who inject drugs who now have HIV is also worryingly high, according to a study published in the British Medical Journal.
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Hepatitis C results propel shares up.
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A hepatitis B shot may increase the risk of multiple sclerosis within three years of vaccination, according to a new study whose authors fear the work will provoke a new &quot;mess&quot; of controversy.
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Steven Tyler, lead singer of rock band Aerosmith, has battled Hepatitis C for three years and at one point
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A HOSPITAL has taken two years to tell hundreds of former patients they may be at risk of HIV or hepatitis. The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital in London suspended a test in 2002 for fear it could spread deadly blood viruses.
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NEW YORK  - Less that 0.1 percent of blood and tissue donors in the United States had positive screening tests for HIV between 2000 and 2002, according to a new study. And the rate of hepatitis C virus was just over 1 percent.
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About 4,000 customers could be at risk after a worker at a Jamba Juice store in San Jose, California, developed hepatitis A, the chief medical officer for Santa Clara County said on Thursday.
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Troublingly little is known about the possibility of getting a viral infection like hepatitis B, hepatitis C or H.I.V. from a health care worker.
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Recovering drug addicts who are   infected with hepatitis C virus may stick to their medications   better if they are allowed to use marijuana, U.S. researchers   reported on Wednesday.
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NEW YORK  - Less that 0.1 percent of blood  and tissue donors in the United States had positive screening  tests for HIV between 2000 and 2002, according to a new study.  And the rate of hepatitis C virus was just over 1 percent.
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Obese patients who are treated  for chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection are more likely  to have a better outcome if the underlying abnormalities caused  by excessive fat tissue are corrected first, according to a  review published in the medical journal Hepatology.