To access the live audio webcast of the presentation ... SciClone's ZADAXIN® (thymalfasin) is approved in over 30 countries and may be used for the treatment of hepatitis B (HBV), hepatitis C (HCV), as a vaccine adjuvant, and certain cancers according ...
“An early clinical trial of a hepatitis C vaccine has shown ‘promising’ results,” BBC News has today reported. This story is based on a clinical trial that tested the dosage and safety of a newly developed vaccine against the hepatitis C virus.
Local health officials urge diabetics to get the Hepatitis B vaccine. The Cerro Gordo County Department of Public Health wants diabetics to know about some new recommendations. The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices is now recommending diabetics ...
Combination therapy with pegylated interferon (PEG-IFN) and ribavirin long stood as the standard of care for chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. Although effective in achieving high rates of sustained virologic response (SVR), this ...
'THE SILENT KILLER': An estimated 4.4million Americans are living with some form of chronic hepatitis. Most do not know they are infected. About 80,000 new infections occur each year. "Hepatitis" means inflammation of the liver and also refers to a group of viral infections that affect the liver. The Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is often called "the silent killer" because many people have no symptoms, so the disease often progresses unnoticed for...
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...more
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.