A community portal about Hepatitis B with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: Hepatitis B is a disease of the liver caused by the Hepatitis B virus, a member of the Hepadnavirus family and one of several unrelated...
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A community portal about Hepatitis B with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: Hepatitis B is a disease of the liver caused by the Hepatitis B virus, a member of the Hepadnavirus family and one of several unrelated viral species which cause viral hepatitis. It was originally known as "serum hepatitis" and has caused current epidemics in parts of Asia and Africa. Hepatitis B is recognized as endemic in China and various other parts of Asia. The proportion of the world's population currently infected with the virus is 3 to 6%, but up to a third have been exposed. Symptoms of the acute illness caused by the virus include liver inflammation, vomiting, jaundice, and rarely, death. Chronic hepatitis B may cause liver cirrhosis which may then lead to liver cancer. The hepatitis B virus is the second most prevalent cause of cancer in humans after Tobacco smoke.
Hepatitis B Vaccination Prevalence And Its Predictors Among Asian, Pacific Islander, Native American, And Multiracial Adults In The National Health And Nutrition Examination Survey
Ayers JW, Juon HS, Lee S, Park E, 2009
Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) vaccination prevalence and its predictors were estimated among Asian, Pacific Islander, Native American, and Multiracial (A-PI-NA-M) adults. Using 2005 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey data, estimates of HBV vaccination among... Read Full Story
Hepatitis B Vaccination Prevalence And Its Predictors Among Asian, Pacific Islander, Native American, And Multiracial Adults In The National Health And Nutrition Examination Survey
Ayers JW, Juon HS, Lee S, Park E, 2009
Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) vaccination prevalence and its predictors were estimated among Asian, Pacific Islander, Native American, and Multiracial (A-PI-NA-M) adults. Using 2005 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey data, estimates of HBV vaccination among... Read Full Story
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and Gilead Sciences, Inc. ( Nasdaq: GILD ) today announced a licensing agreement to commercialise Viread® (tenofovir disoproxil fumarate) for the treatment of chronic hepatitis B (HBV) infection in adults in five countries in Asia. The companies' combined commercialisation activities will expand access to tenofovir for the treatment of HBV, once approved, to patients in Asia where the prevalence in most countries is greater than 8 percent. Under the agreement announced... Read Full Story
The Hepatitis B virus (HBV) targets men more readily than women, triggering serious complications like cirrhosis and liver cancer, says a new study.
Men infected with HBV are also six times more likely than women to develop a chronic form of the disease.
About 400 million people worldwide have chronic hepatitis B, including a form that is highly infectious and can be transmitted through blood, saliva and sexual contact.
In lab experiments with mice, researchers led by Shuhan Sun... Read Full Story
Diabetes Boosts Liver Cancer Risk in Hepatitis, Cirrhosis Cases Chances doubled, especially for older males, Dutch study finds
THURSDAY, June 5 (HealthDay News) -- Diabetes doubles the risk of liver cancer in patients with chronic hepatitis C with advanced fibrosis, or cirrhosis, a Dutch study reports.
Researchers at the Erasmus MC University Medical Center in Rotterdam analyzed data on 541 European and Canadian patients with chronic hepatitis C with advanced cirrhosis. Of... Read Full Story
Chronic Hepatitis - Prevention And Cure/The Cure Within One Minute Chronic hepatitis is characterized by ongoing inflammation of the liver and destruction (necrosis) of liver cells that persists for more that six to 12months. Symptoms may progress slowly and can subside spontaneously over months or even years. In some patients, it can be a more dangerous condition because the destruction of liver cells results in the development of scar tissue in the liver (cirrhosis) and may ultimately lead... Read Full Story
Date Published: Friday, August 14th, 2009
The fast food giant, McDonald’s Corporation is facing the third lawsuit from patrons who contracted hepatitis A allegedly after eating at its Milan, Illinois locations.
Last month we wrote about the family of a boy suing McDonald’s for damages and “other relief,” reported Reuters previously. Now, Kari Fiegel, 33, who contracted hepatitis A after eating at the restaurant said, “I knew something was wrong, especially when my daughter... Read Full Story
Hepatitis is characterized by the destruction of a number of liver cells and the presence of inflammatory cells in the liver tissue caused by excessive alcohol drinking, disorders of the gall bladder or pancreas, including medication side effects, and infections. There are many other infective agents that can cause inflammation of the liver, or hepatitis. However, the term is unfortunately commonly used to refer to a particular group of viruses such as Hepatitis A, B, and C. I. Causes of... Read Full Story
Date Published: Tuesday, August 11th, 2009
Toms River, New Jersey oncologist, Dr. Parvez Dara, who the Associated Press (AP) says has been implicated in a hepatitis B outbreak that occurred earlier this year, is being sued by one of his patients.
Roland Jacobsen, of Manchester, alleges he came down with hepatitis B after being treated for prostate cancer in 2008 and 2009, in Dara’s offices, reported the AP. According to Jacobsen’s lawyer, his client was not infected prior... Read Full Story
My sister sent this link my way. Especially with my family's history of autism, I wish I would have known this four and a half years ago. Every medical intervention costs the body something, even if that something is meant to prevent. This article also states the rate of autism as 1 in 63. Astounding. Hepatitis B Vaccine Triples the Risk of Autism in Infant Boys Read Full Story
