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       <title>Hepatitis - livepress.com</title>
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  <updated>2006-08-04 20:55:37</updated>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Aging face of HIV poses new challenges 
    (AP)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?133581"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?133581</id>
    <updated>2006-08-04 20:51:31</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[    AP - Pat Shelton has had the AIDS virus for at least 15 years, and also struggles with  hepatitis  C and high blood pressure. But what is bothering her most on this sultry summer day are  hot flashes .  ]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Aging face of HIV poses new challenges 
    (AP)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?133405"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?133405</id>
    <updated>2006-08-04 14:48:50</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[AP - Pat Shelton has had the AIDS virus for at least 15 years, and also struggles with  hepatitis  C and high blood pressure. But what is bothering her most on this sultry summer day are  hot flashes .]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Canada To Compensate Tainted Blood Victims]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?127711"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?127711</id>
    <updated>2006-07-26 20:43:39</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[The Canadian government has declared an $875 million compensation package for the thousands of victims who acquired  Hepatitis  C from tainted blood. It is estimated that more than 20,000 people were affected during the 1980s and 1990s because Canada did not use up-to-date blood screening....]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Health Tip: Preventing Hepatitis A 
    (HealthDay)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?114454"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?114454</id>
    <updated>2006-06-28 09:12:01</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- The  hepatitis  A virus can infect both children and adults, but a vaccine is available to protect everyone over the age of 1. The virus is passed from person to person,  often through oral or manual contact.]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Excess Pounds May Interfere With HCV Treatment]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?107547"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?107547</id>
    <updated>2006-06-16 19:34:35</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[A study by scientists at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota has revealed that aside from being overweight, obesity is a metabolic condition that can interfere with the chances of success of treatment for the  Hepatitis  C virus (HCV)....]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Obesity tied to hepatitis C treatment failure 
    (Reuters)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?106993"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?106993</id>
    <updated>2006-06-16 00:05:59</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[Reuters - 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.]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[More Than Four Million Infected With Hepatitis C In US]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?88519"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?88519</id>
    <updated>2006-05-16 12:42:15</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[ According to the findings from a  nationwide  study, 4.1 million people in the U.S. have been infected with  hepatitis  C virus (HCV), and most of these individuals have chronic infection. 
 The study was conducted on 15,079 participants in...]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Campaign Against Hepatitis]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?85323"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?85323</id>
    <updated>2006-05-11 12:23:47</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[ Glaxosmithkline, a preventive healthcare solutions provider, has introduced 'Heppos'- a public awareness initiative to combat the incidence of jaundice ( hepatitis ). 
 Through the Heppos, Glaxosmithkline reintroduces their repatoir of...]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[California Hospital May Have Exposed Some Patients To HIV]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?81670"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?81670</id>
    <updated>2006-05-04 06:04:51</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[ Nidhi Sharma - AHN Contributor
 Los Angeles, CA (AHN) &#150; In a shocking incident, a hospital in California is contacting some 300 morbidly obese patients after learning they may have been exposed to  hepatitis  or HIV by poorly cleaned instruments used in stomach-reducing operations. 
 
 The...]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Hospital Concerned by Unsterilized Tools 
    (AP)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?81417"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?81417</id>
    <updated>2006-05-03 20:43:23</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[AP - A hospital nurse who failed to clean surgical instruments may have exposed nearly 300 patients to  hepatitis  or HIV, officials said Wednesday.]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Hospital may have exposed some to HIV 
    (Reuters)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?81388"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?81388</id>
    <updated>2006-05-03 20:13:01</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[Reuters - A California hospital was 
contacting some 300 morbidly obese patients after learning they 
may have been exposed to  hepatitis  or HIV by poorly cleaned 
instruments used in stomach-reduction operations.]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Hepatits B Drug May Have Uses For HIV Patients]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?81014"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?81014</id>
    <updated>2006-05-03 10:52:20</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[ Researchers at Saint Louis University School of Medicine are studying the effectiveness of a drug for patients with chronic  hepatitis  B that is currently being employed to treat HIV. 
 Adrian Di Bisceglie, M.D., chief of hepatology at...]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Recalled Transplants Held Responsible For Deadly Diseases]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?78678"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?78678</id>
    <updated>2006-04-29 21:31:39</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[ Shaveta Bansal - AHN Contributor
 New York, NY (AHN) &#150; A dozen patients have reported being positive for germs that cause AIDS,  hepatitis  or syphilis after receiving recalled tissue transplants, according to their lawyers and court records. 
 Lawsuits filed for the victims claim that they...]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Newer Hepatitis B Drug Bests Standard Treatment 
    (HealthDay)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?44738"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?44738</id>
    <updated>2006-03-08 19:12:42</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, March 8 (HealthDay News) -- In a pair of studies on  hepatitis  B, researchers from around the world have found the medication entecavir is more effective than the commonly used drug lamivudine in managing the liver disease.]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Newer Hepatitis B Drug Bests Standard Treatment 
    (HealthDay)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?44643"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?44643</id>
    <updated>2006-03-08 17:11:30</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, March 8 (HealthDay News) -- In a pair of studies on  hepatitis  B, researchers from around the world have found the medication entecavir is more effective than the commonly used drug lamivudine in managing the liver disease.]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Witness Puts Blood Trial in Jeopardy (AP)]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?30987"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?30987</id>
    <updated>2006-02-14 16:42:29</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[AP - The case against four physicians and a U.S. pharmaceutical company accused of failing to properly screen blood that infected thousands of Canadians with HIV and  hepatitis  was in jeopardy Monday after a key witness cast doubt on some evidence.]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Kids', teens' immunization schedule updated (Reuters)]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?15403"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?15403</id>
    <updated>2006-01-06 11:58:35</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[Reuters - The 2006 Childhood and 
Adolescent Immunization Schedule includes new recommendations 
for immunizing against  meningitis , whooping cough (pertussis), 
 influenza ,  hepatitis  A and  hepatitis  B, the US Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention reported today.]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Kids', teens' immunization schedule updated (Reuters)]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?15128"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?15128</id>
    <updated>2006-01-05 23:07:27</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[Reuters - The 2006 Childhood and 
Adolescent Immunization Schedule includes new recommendations 
for immunizing against  meningitis , whooping cough (pertussis), 
 influenza ,  hepatitis  A and  hepatitis  B, the US Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention reported today.]]></summary>
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