HCV ADVOCATE EBLAST
February 11 , 2010

Hello,

The following items have been posted to www.hcvadvocate.org and www.hbvadvocate.org.

• Easy C Guide: Updated February 2010

Hepatitis B

Easy B's

• Whom Should I Tell?
• Hygiene Items and HBV
• Needle Exchange
• Piercing & HBV

HBV Fact Series

• Tips for Lowering Prescription Drug Costs

Hepatitis C (Spanish)

Datos Sencillos sobre la C

• 100 sujetos infectados con el VHC (100 People) Actualizado Febrero 2010
• Afroamericanos y Hepatitis C (African Americans and Hepatitis C) Actualizado Febrero 2010
• ¿Qué es la ALAT? (What is ALT?) Actualizado Febrero 2010
• Medicina Natural y Alternativa (Natural and Alternative Medicine)Actualizado Febrero 2010
• 10 hábitos de salud esenciales (Top 10 Healthy Habits) Actualizado Febrero 2010
• Cirrosis (Cirrhosis )Actualizado Febrero 2010
• VHC y Artículos de higiene personal (Personal Hygiene)Actualizado Febrero 2010
• ¡Advertencia sobre la ribavirina! (Ribavirin Warning!) Actualizado Febrero 2010

*** HCV ADVOCATE WEEKLY NEWS REVIEW:
A Review of HCV, HBV and HIV/HCV Coinfection Related News and Highlights
Week Ending: February 6, 2010

Alan Franciscus
Editor-in-Chief

To download pdf version click here
 

This Issue:

• Physicians Must Treat 'Transplant Tourists'
• Gates Foundation Pledges $10 Billion to Fund Vaccines
• Phase 1 Clinical Trial Results Expected on January 31, 2010
• Canada's Olympics City Has Notorious Skid Row
• Sedative Manufacturer Might Share Liability in Hepatitis Cases
• Calif. Officials Step Up the Fight against Hepatitis
• Support for Safe Injection Sites
• Didanosine Associated with Noncirrhotic Portal Hypertension
• Insurers Must Offer Equal Coverage for Those with Emotional, Addiction Problems
• President’s Budget Falls Short of Funds Needed to Fight HIV/AIDS and Viral Hepatitis Epidemics
• Achillion Shares Rise on Drug Development Deal in China
• Prison Report Urges Needle Exchange Programs
• County Receives Grant for HIV, Hepatitis C Prevention
• Experts Say 40 Percent of Cancers Could Be Prevented
• NVHR:  Administration's 2011 Budget Proposal Shortchanges Five Million Americans Afflicted with Chronic Viral Hepatitis
• Free Needle Exchange Kicks Off
• Anadys Pharmaceuticals to Present at the BIO CEO & Investor Conference
• Nearly 2,000 Scots Unaware They Suffer from Hepatitis C
• Minimally Invasive Adult Liver Donation for Pediatric Transplantation Available Exclusively at NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital
• Cell-Culture and Animal Tests Show Antiviral Could Provide Protection against HIV, Ebola, Hepatitis C, Herpes and More
• OTC Analgesics Not Associated with Acute Decompensation in Cirrhotic Patients
• 'Prewashed' Salads May Need Another Rinse
• Team Identifies Novel Hepatitis C Inhibitors
• Viral Hepatitis Training Center Announces New Webinars
• NVHR:  Stop Liver Cancer ‘Dead in Its Tracks’ by Closing Funding Gap for Viral Hepatitis Education, Screening Programs
• House Panel Kills Bill Backed by Smithfield Lt. Kurt Beach
• Liver Lines - February 5, 2010

• Event of the Heart - Critical for a MCAVHN Future — Fundraiser Saturday Feb 13, Ukiah, CA

*** Be sure to check out the latest event notices at both the HCV and HBV Advocate websites

• HCV Events
• HBV Events

Thanks!
 
Alan Franciscus
Executive Director, Hepatitis C Support Project
Editor-in-Chief, HCV Advocate