Prepare for your trip May 11, 2008
Symptoms of hepatitis A disease are not distinguishable from other viral hepatitis infections. The disease can only be diagnosed through a blood test. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
More of the latest health news Mar 28, 2008
Since 1999, there have been 31 outbreaks of viral hepatitis associated with unsafe medical practices, the latest among patients at a Nevada clinic, Janet Kornblum in USA TODAY.. Beware the hype when reading good news from cancer studies, warns my colleague Bob Davis. (USA Today -- Money)
Patient turns harsh light on clinics reusing syringes Mar 26, 2008
Though the vast majority of medical professionals practice safely and cleanly, 31 outbreaks of viral hepatitis associated with unsafe medical practices, including those in Fremont and Las Vegas, have occurred since 1999, the CDC says. An outbreak is defined by two or more people being infected. (USA Today -- News)
Further education fees included in personal reliefs, rebates Mar 24, 2008
Other similar diseases in relation to serious diseases include heart attack, pulmonary hypertension, chronic liver disease, fulminant viral hepatitis, head trauma with neurological deficit, tumour in brain or vascular malformation, major burns, major organ transplant and major amputation of limbs. Medical examination expenses. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Business)
STDs continue to rise among teenage girls Mar 18, 2008
"Today's data demonstrate the significant health risk STDs pose to millions of young women in this country every year," Dr. Kevin Fenton, director of CDC's National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB Prevention, wrote in a study summary. "Given that the health effects of STDs for women -- from infertility to cervical cancer -- are particularly severe, STD screening, vaccination and other prevention strategies for sexually active women are among our highest public health... (Daily Collegian, PA)
Syphilis rates up for 7th year in a row Mar 15, 2008
"It is imperative that we make STD screening and treatment a central part of the medical care for gay and bisexual men," while also finding ways to avoid these infections including HIV in the first place, said Dr. Kevin Fenton, who heads the CDC's STD, AIDS, tuberculosis and viral hepatitis prevention effort. Click for related content. (MSNBC -- Health)
Hawaii doctors study cancer Mar 7, 2008
Among other topics covered during Cancer Research Information Day will be colorectal cancer risk in Japanese Americans, complementary and alternative cancer medicines, prostate cancer and diet, soy foods and breast cancer risk, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and chronic viral hepatitis and liver cancer. Ten minutes of questions and answers will follow each presentation. (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
Bartender-to-Celebrity Transmission of Hepatitis A... Feb 23, 2008
Hepatitis A is the most common cause of viral hepatitis in the world and it s very possible that the bartender who reportedly served Ashton Kutcher and his friends drinks at a Manhattan hotspot transmitted his infection to the A-list celebrities, said Dr. Manny Alvarez, managing editor of health for FOXNews. com. (Fox News)
JSU plans AIDS awareness programs Feb 12, 2008
Kevin Fenton, director, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB Prevention at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, will speak during the noon luncheon. JSU President Ronald Mason Jr. will host a panel of leaders from historically black colleges to discuss resources on college campuses. (The Clarion-Ledger)
AIDS awareness Feb 6, 2008
Workman is a staff member of the National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STDs and TB Prevention. From 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., the state Department of Health is offering free, anonymous HIV testing for anyone who is interested. (Auburn Citizen, NY)
Binge drinking blamed for rising liver disease deaths Jan 29, 2008
" The report commissioned research by Newcastle University to support the case for a national liver strategy. It concludes that "the NHS requires more capacity to respond to liver disease, and needs to prepare for a potentially large burden of liver disease". The study suggests a six-point plan to detect the disease earlier and improve treatment. It aims to tackle the three main causes liver disease - alcohol, obesity and viral hepatitis B and C - and develop a national registry of patients and... (Daily Mail)
Regular marijuana use increases risk of hepatitis C-related liver damage Jan 29, 2008
This form of viral hepatitis may lead to cirrhosis, or scarring, of the liver. Coinfection of hepatitis C in patients who are HIV positive is common; about one quarter of patients infected with HIV are infected with hepatitis C. The majority of these patients, 50 to 90 percent, were infected through injection drug use. (EurekAlert!)
Causes of Jaundice Jan 20, 2008
Conditions affecting the liver itself, including alcoholic hepatitis, viral hepatitis, and drug-induced hepatitis, impair liver function and excretion of bile. Obstructions of the bile ducts, such as with tumors and bile duct stones, cause conjugated bilirubin to back up into the liver and bloodstream. (Suite101.com)
When a sister has to donate a gift of life Jan 20, 2008
I emphasise the 'might' - transplants fail, he had viral hepatitis, he was 59, but still, an available liver would have given him a chance of some extra life. He was at the top of a waiting list for a transplant at King's College Hospital in London and then, as no liver arrived, he got worse, contracted MRSA and died. (Guardian Unlimited)
Infectious diseases claim 1,000 lives in China December Jan 11, 2008
A-Class illnesses include only two diseases, namely plague and cholera; B-Class infectious diseases include 25 ailments, such as viral hepatitis, and C-Class infectious diseases include 10 sicknesses such as influenza. Editor: Du Guodong. (Xinhuanet, China)
Biotech firm chooses chief medical officer Jan 9, 2008
The biotechnology company is conducting research and clinical development programs for drugs to treat viral hepatitis and other digestive diseases ... He has also been a lifelong active clinical investigator whose research includes novel treatment of chronic viral hepatitis, a release said. (Tampa Bay Business Journal, FL)
Modified Protein May Lead To First Cure For Cirrhosis Of The Liver Dec 29, 2007
Their discovery, to be published in PLoS Online on December 26, opens the door to treating and curing conditions that lead to excessive tissue scarring such as viral hepatitis, fatty liver disease, cirrhosis, pulmonary fibrosis, scleroderma and burns. See also. (Science Daily)
New treatment may prevent, reverse liver diseases Dec 28, 2007
But the research might also lead to new treatments for other conditions that lead to excess tissue scarring, such as viral hepatitis, fatty liver disease, pulmonary fibrosis, scleroderma and burns, the study authors said. At issue is scarring in the liver, an organ that filters out toxins and breaks down medications. (Xinhuanet, China)
Dorothy Gunter, 48, CDC infertility expert Dec 27, 2007
It is among the most successful prevention programs in the United States, said Susan DeLisle, associate director for program integration at the CDC's national center for the study of HIV, AIDS, viral hepatitis, sexually transmitted diseases and tuberculosis. "She was a joy ... we became friends," said DeLisle, her supervisor at the time. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Researchers show that fibrosis can be stopped, cured and reversed Dec 27, 2007
Their discovery, to be published in PLoS Online on December 26, opens the door to treating and curing conditions that lead to excessive tissue scarring such as viral hepatitis, fatty liver disease, cirrhosis, pulmonary fibrosis, scleroderma and burns. Six years ago, the UC San Diego School of Medicine research team discovered the cause of the excess fibrous tissue growth that leads to liver fibrosis and cirrhosis, and developed a way to block excess scar tissue in mice. (EurekAlert!)
Constipation Most Common Cause Of Children's Abdominal Pain Dec 19, 2007
31, 2007) Acute viral hepatitis is prevalent worldwide. A three-year study on acute abdominal pain in acute viral hepatitis revealed acute pancreatitis in 5. (Science Daily)
China reports second plague case this year in Gansu Dec 11, 2007
B-Class diseases include 25 ailments such as viral hepatitis, while C-Class diseases include 10 conditions such as influenza. The ministry said the top five infectious diseases, accounting for 87. (Xinhuanet, China)
One-Third of HIV-Infected Gay Men Have Unsafe Sex Dec 5, 2007
"There are now more than one million people estimated to be living with HIV in the United States, more than ever before," said Dr. Kevin Fenton, director of the CDC's National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB Prevention. He also noted that half of all U.S. cases of HIV infection still occur among "men who have sex with men" (MSM), the CDC's umbrella term for gay and bisexual men, as well as men who may not identify as such but engage in male-male sexual activity. (MEDLINEplus)
CDC Stresses New HIV/AIDS Estimates Are Not Yet Final Dec 4, 2007
Despite current media reports about CDC's estimates of new HIV infections in the USA, Dr. Kevin Fenton, Director, , National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) stresses the new estimates are not yet final. Dr. Fenton said "In recent years, CDC has worked to develop an innovative system designed to estimate the number of new HIV infections in a given year. As a result of new technology that can distinguish recent from... (Medical News Today)
One-Third of HIV-Infected Gay Men Have Unsafe Sex: CDC Dec 4, 2007
D., medical research director, Fenway Community Health, Boston; Kevin Fenton, M.D., director, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB Prevention (NCHHSTP), CDC, Atlanta; Gregorio Millet, behavioral scientist, NCHHSTP, CDC ) ... "There are now more than one million people estimated to be living with HIV in the United States, more than ever before," said Dr. Kevin Fenton, director of the CDC's National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB Prevention. (Health-Finder)
Feds Revising HIV Estimate Dec 4, 2007
The new estimates are based on new testing technology and statistical assumptions still being reviewed, said Dr. Kevin Fenton, director of the CDC's Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB Prevention. "The estimates have been submitted for further analysis and rigorous scientific review to ensure the accuracy of the complex new methods and of the estimates themselves," Fenton said in a statement. (Time.com)
Scientific Evidence Of The Significant Anti-cancer Effect Of Milk Thistle Nov 16, 2007
Many of his scientific research publications are focused on viral hepatitis B and C, cirrhosis, and liver cancer, all of which have significantly contributed to our better understanding of common liver diseases. Dr. Hu and his colleagues' discovery of silibilin's anti-liver cancer effects was recently published. (Science Daily)
stds On the Rise in the US After Years of Decline Nov 15, 2007
8 million, estimated Douglas M. Johnson, Jr., M.D., and colleagues, of the National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention. Although there has been substantial progress in preventing, diagnosing, and treating certain sexually transmitted diseases in recent years, the CDC estimates that approximately 19 million new STDs occur each year. (MedPage Today)
U.S. Chlamydia Infections Hit All-Time High Nov 14, 2007
(SOURCES: Nov. 13, 2007, teleconference with John M. Douglas Jr., M.D., director, Division of Sexually Transmitted Disease Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention; Stuart Berman, M.D., chief, Epidemiology and Surveillance Branch in the Division of STD Prevention, both U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; David Katz, M.D., M.P.H., director, Prevention Research Center, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Conn ... The 1,030,911 new... (Health-Finder)
Infectious disease claims 666 in China in October Nov 13, 2007
Accordingly, A-Class infectious diseases include only two diseases, namely plague and cholera; B-Class infectious diseases include 25 diseases, such as viral hepatitis and C-Class infectious diseases include 10 diseases, such as influenza. Editor: Sun Yunlong. (Xinhuanet, China)
Hepatitis C Treatment Reduces The Virus But Serious Liver Problems May Progress Nov 7, 2007
Viral hepatitis C infects more than 100 million persons worldwide and as many as 4 million persons in the United States. Hepatitis C ranks with alcohol abuse as the most common cause of chronic liver disease and leads to about 1,000 liver transplants in the United States each year. (Science Daily)
Cancer: Clinical Studies In The Pipeline Oct 29, 2007
HCC is most commonly found in patients with chronic viral hepatitis (B or C) or with cirrhosis, and surgery to remove tumors is only possible in a small percentage of patients. Generally, patients have a poor prognosis because these tumors produce a lot of proteins, such as VEGF and VEGFR2, that make them highly vascular and able to build a solid and nurturing blood supply with increased ability to invade surrounding major vessels and to metastasize, Dr. Zhu says. (Science Daily)
MRI predicts liver fibrosis, study says Oct 24, 2007
The goal is to validate diffusion and perfusion imaging as a replacement of liver biopsy in chronic viral hepatitis, he said. . (EurekAlert!)
Quelling the spread of hepatitis in prisons Oct 16, 2007
Up to 10 percent of Hawaii residents born in Asian and Pacific island countries could have chronic viral hepatitis B and not know it because most people do not feel any symptoms until it might be too late for successful treatment, the network said. To register for the symposium, fax your name, contact information and degree and/or title by today to 585-0206. (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
Full Story » Sep 20, 2007
ubstance abusers continue to be at very high risk for HIV and viral hepatitis, as well as very high rates of unmet medical, dental, and reproductive health needs, and they are more likely to be tobacco users. ARC programs range from drug and alcohol treatment for those under court order for driving while impaired/intoxicated, to programs designed to meet the specific needs of pregnant and parenting women and teenagers involved in the juvenile justice and social service systems. (Boulder Colorado Daily, CO)
Researchers discover correlation between GERD and obesity in females Sep 14, 2007
World Journal of Gastroenterology (WJG), a leading international journal in gastroenterology and hepatology, has established a reputation for publishing first class research on esophageal cancer, gastric cancer, liver cancer, viral hepatitis, colorectal cancer, and H pylori infection for providing a forum for both clinicians and scientists. WJG has been indexed and abstracted in Current Contents/Clinical Medicine, Science Citation Index Expanded (also known as SciSearch) and Journal Citation... (EurekAlert!)
Hepatitis E In Europe: Are Pigs Or Pork The Problem? Sep 4, 2007
"Once more people are correctly diagnosed with viral Hepatitis E, they can be treated more effectively and we can learn more on the transmission routes. Current rates of diagnosis are up to13% of acute viral hepatitis patients in European countries, but we think the true rate is much higher. Up to 3% of blood donors in Europe show evidence of exposure to the virus through detectable antibodies.". "We also need to quickly work out the local route of infection in Europeans, as knowing if Hepatitis... (Science Daily)
Why children who braid it like Beckham risk losing hair Aug 26, 2007
The possible risk for blood-borne disease transmission, such as viral hepatitis and HIV, associated with such haircuts needs to be quantified and nonmechanical methods of cutting hair may be safer. The study found that a further 7 per cent of women aged over 50 years had central centrifugal cicatricial alopecia - permanent hair loss that spreads from the centre of the scalp. (Times Online)
NYPD Warns Of Mounting Homegrown Terror Threat; Radical Ways... Aug 16, 2007
Viral hepatitis killed almost twice as many people as 9/11. Maybe it would be more cost effective (and enhance our national security since Americans are actually at dying) if we refocused our Homeland Security efforts on the dark specter of "in situ neoplasms" (which killed over four times as many people as 9/11 in 2001 alone). (The Drudge Report)
New Test Improves Detection Of Liver Cancer Aug 10, 2007
Cirrhosis of the liver has various causes, including: excessive use of alcohol, chronic viral hepatitis B, C and D infections, diseases of the bile ducts, and parasitic infections. Half a million patients die every year in China because of cirrhosis of the liver or liver cancer. (Science Daily)
Pfizers Selzentry TM Gets FDA Approval Aug 10, 2007
However, caution should be used when administering Selzentry to patients with pre-existing liver dysfunction or who are co-infected with viral hepatitis B or C.. In clinical studies, more cardiovascular events, including myocardial ischemia and/or infarction, were observed in patients who received Selzentry as compared to placebo. (Ontario Now)
Read more... Jul 25, 2007
Dr. Fenton, the Director of the National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB Prevention from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to follow up with the CDC's response to the increased infections of HIV in Hispanic/Latino communities. The CDC introduced the newly created Hispanic/Latino Executive Committee to the National Latino AIDS Delegation. (PNN Online)
viral hepatitis Jul 23, 2007
In 1956 Dr Saul Krugman, a New York paediatrician, was asked to resolve a problem at the Willowbrook State School, Staten Island, an overcrowded home to 4,000 mentally disabled children, among whom hepatitis and other infectious diseases were rife. Krugman s experiments involved both feeding and injecting infected blood into these children, and by the mid 1960s he had discovered two kinds of hepatitis, which would be later designated hepatitis A and hepatitis B. However, the ethics of Krugman s... (Suite101.com)
Antibody Retards Growth And Induces Death In Liver Cancer Cells Jul 14, 2007
Most cases of HCC are secondary to either a viral hepatitis infection or cirrhosis of the liver. Despite recent advances, it remains a disease of grim prognosis due to the poorly understood mechanism of how the disease originates and spreads. (Science Daily)
Iraq issues warning on waterborne diseases Jul 4, 2007
"Many cases of viral hepatitis, diarrhoea, typhoid and bacterial infections have been registered in Baghdad due to polluted drinking water," Ahmed Assad Naji of Baghdad's health directorate said. "Water is an enormous need, and people take it where they can get it, and they are getting it from places where it is not always clean. The deteriorated security situation has made it very hard to repair the country's sewage and water networks to work properly and that caused these waterborne diseases,"... (AlertNet)
National HIV Testing Day --- June 27, 2007 Jun 27, 2007
B Boyett, MS, JD Heffelfinger, MD, J Schulden, MD, B Song, MS, PS Sullivan, PhD, Div of HIV/AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, CDC.. Editorial Note. (Food Consumer)
When HIV and liver disease co-exist Jun 2, 2007
Because of shared modes of transmission, HIV and viral hepatitis infections often coexist ... A key topic of conversation was the development of new agents for treating viral hepatitis in patients with HIV. Challenges include the risk of hepatic injury and low patient tolerance which limits compliance. (EurekAlert!)
CDC update 2: Extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis Jun 1, 2007
Last Modified: 05/31/2007 Content Source: Division of Tuberculosis Elimination National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention. . (Food Consumer)
Transplant delays'Why my ethnicity means a very long wait for a kidney' May 12, 2007
" Small percentages Statistics show that black and Asian people, like Tony, are over three times more likely to need a kidney transplant than the general population because they have a higher incidence of diabetes and high blood pressure, leading to kidney failure. And their chance of a successful transplant is greater if they get an organ from someone from the same ethnic group. Tony has to stay on dialysis But Asian and black donors make up fewer than 2% of the non-live donors, and recipients... (BBC News -- UK)
Hepatitis C risesamong young people May 8, 2007
"A lot of them -- not all of them -- knew that the person whose needle they shared had hepatitis of some sort. "They just have a typical adolescent frame of mind that 'it's not going to happen to me,' " said Jonas, who sits on the medical advisory board of the New England chapter of the American Liver Foundation .The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that about 3.2 million Americans are chronically infected with hepatitis C. In some cases, patients suffer jaundice and... (Boston Globe)
Few Treatments Remain For Drug Resistant Gonorrhea Apr 13, 2007
Director of CDC's National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Dr. Kevin Fenton said. "We are running out of options to treat this serious disease.". (Medical News Today)
Viral Hepatitis in HIV Infection Apr 5, 2007
Preventing Viral Hepatitis and Minimizing Disease. HCV Infection. (New England Journal of Medicine)
GSK names head of infectious diseases R&D unit Mar 31, 2007
In his new role, Hong will oversee discovery operations for treatments for diseases such as HIV, AIDS and viral hepatitis and for bacterial resistance to currently marketed antibiotics. GSK officials said they have yet to determine where Hong will be based but that it will likely be either in Pennsylvania or in Research Triangle Park. (Triangle Business Journal)
US health agency says hepatitis cases down sharply Mar 18, 2007
These are the three most commonly occurring forms of acute viral hepatitis in the United States ... Dr. Kevin Fenton, who heads the CDC's National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB Prevention, hailed the progress against hepatitis A and B in particular as "one of the big public health success stories of the last 10 years.". (Reuters AlertNet)
U.S. reports new lows in hepatitis rates Mar 18, 2007
U.S. rates of infection with hepatitis A, B and C viruses have fallen dramatically to historic lows between 1995 and 2005, reducing the threat of liver disease, the USCDC said in a new report entitled "Surveillance for Acute Viral Hepatitis -- , 2005." ... The rates of all three types of hepatitis have been dropping dramatically since the mid 1990s, said Annemarie Wasley, the report's leading author and a CDC epidemiologist in the Division of Viral Hepatitis. (People's Daily Online, China)
Hepatitis Illnesses Hit Record Lows Mar 17, 2007
Hepatitis A, B, and C are America's three most common types of viral hepatitis ... However, "The fact that we're seeing declining numbers of new symptomatic cases indicates that the number of new infections is also declining," Wasley, who works in the CDC's division of viral hepatitis, tells WebMD. ... Also, people with hepatitis often have no symptoms, although viral hepatitis infections can be detected with a blood test. (WebMD)
• Monday's hearings calendar Mar 17, 2007
HB1434 - Relating to State Department of Health viral hepatitis education and vaccination program and to provide appropriation. 4 p.m.. (Bismarck Tribune, ND)
US Hepatitis Rates Fall to New Lows Mar 16, 2007
Infection with these three most common forms of acute viral hepatitis have dropped dramatically between 1995 and 2005, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Thursday. Moreover, the rates of hepatitis A and B are now at their lowest levels since the federal government began collecting data more than 40 years ago, according to the CDC report,Surveillance for Acute Viral Hepatitis -- United States, 2005 ... The rates of all three types of hepatitis have been dropping... (Washington Post)
Estimated 40% of Prisoners Have Hepatitis C Mar 16, 2007
"Right now there's a golden opportunity to bring solutions to this problem before it hits," said Dr. John Ward, director of viral hepatitis at the National Center for HIV/AIDS at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta. Story Continues Below. (Newsmax)
Prison's deadliest inmate, hepatitis C, escaping Mar 15, 2007
Right now theres a golden opportunity to bring solutions to this problem before it hits, said Dr. John Ward, director of viral hepatitis at the National Center for HIV/AIDS at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta. Hepatitis C is already the most common disease of its sort in the United States a chronic, life-threatening, blood-borne infection. (MSNBC -- Health)
Deputy files lawsuit against suspect Mar 1, 2007
The law calls for testing for AIDS, HIV, viral hepatitis or "any other serious infectious disease.". The lawsuit states that District Judge Gerard Wattigny ordered Iberia Medical Center to release DeClouet's test results Jan. 30. (New Iberia, LA)
Safety and Efficacy of a Recombinant Hepatitis E Vaccine Mar 1, 2007
Background Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is an important cause of viral hepatitis. We evaluated the safety and efficacy of an HEV recombinant protein (rHEV) vaccine in a phase 2, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. (New England Journal of Medicine)
Hepatitis E detected in Afghanistan Feb 27, 2007
An outbreak of 33 cases of viral hepatitis E has been identified in Farashghan village of Dawlatshah district of Laghman province, Adrian Edwards told newsmen at a weekly press briefing. Seventeen cases of the epidemic were detected in December and 16 others were identified in January respectively, he added. (Xinhuanet, China)
Russia funds health crisis plan Feb 23, 2007
Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov said: "We aim to tackle the problem seriously - and that includes providing adequate funding for the fight against TB, diabetes, cancers, HIV and viral hepatitis.". Our correspondent says Russian and international medical authorities have previously accused the government of chronic inaction - even of being in denial about the extent of the country's health crisis. (BBC News)
RNAi Shows Promise In Gene Therapy, Researcher Says Feb 23, 2007
"We've worked on a gene therapeutic approach against viral hepatitis for about 10 years and this is the first thing we've done that really looks promising," said Kay, professor of genetics and of pediatrics at the Stanford University School of Medicine. Kay talked about future uses for RNAi gene therapy Feb. 18 at the American Association for the Advancement of Sciences annual meeting in San Francisco during a session titled "RNAi for emerging pandemics and biosecurity.". (Science Daily)
