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Cirrhosis Causes

March 10, 2010 Liver Disease No Comments

Several processes can lead to cirrhosis.

Alcoholism

Alcoholism particularly endangers the liver. Alcoholic cirrhosis (also sometimes referred to as portal, Laennec’s, nutritional, or micronodular cirrhosis) is the primary cause of cirrhosis in the U.S. It is estimated to be responsible for 44% of deaths from cirrhosis in North America. Some experts believe this estimate is low. One Canadian study found alcohol to be the major contributor to 80% of all cirrhosis deaths.

The relationship between alcohol and cirrhosis is generally as follows:

Alcohol is absorbed from the small intestine, and the blood carries it directly into the liver… Continue reading

Inovio Partner Announces Completion Of Phase I DNA Vaccine Study

December 2, 2009 Health News No Comments

Inovio Biomedical Corporation (NYSE Amex:INO), a leader in DNA vaccine design, development and delivery, announced today that its partner Tripep AB of Sweden has completed its phase I clinical study of its ChronVac-C hepatitis C virus DNA vaccine delivered using Inovio’s electroporation technology. The study established the safety and tolerability of this therapy, with vaccine-induced immune responses and transient effects on the serum levels of hepatitis C virus in these chronically infected patients providing proof-of-concept of DNA vaccines delivered using electroporation…

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NVHR: New Data Finding Fewer Than 1 In 5 Hepatitis C Patients Receiving Antiviral Therapy Is ‘Wake-Up Call’ For Washington

December 1, 2009 Health News No Comments

New peer-reviewed data finding that fewer than one-fifth of the nearly 4 million Americans infected with chronic hepatitis C virus have received anti-viral therapy in recent years should be a wake-up call that Congress needs to move urgently on bipartisan legislation to support new state-based detection, research, and surveillance efforts, the National Viral Hepatitis Roundtable (NVHR) said today…

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Tripep: The ChronVac-C(R) Study Has Been Successfully Completed With Good Safety And Favorable Clinical Data

November 30, 2009 Health News No Comments

All samples from the 12 patients with chronic Hepatitis C genotype 1 treated with Tripep’s therapeutic vaccine ChronVac-C® have now been collected. The treatment was found to be safe, immunogenic and had transient effects on the serum levels of hepatitis C virus. This provides a proof-of-concept for the therapeutic strategy.

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Chronic Liver Diseases

November 29, 2009 Liver Disease No Comments

Liver diseases are damaged the function of hapetocytes, it may causes hepatocellular necrosis, fibrosis, and regeneration with nodule formation.

Chronic liver disease in which liver damage slowly by process and persisting over long time.It means it act as slow poison for healthy human body. It is characterized by replacement of liver tissue by fibrous scar tissue as well as regenerative nodules (lumps that occurs as a result of a process inwhich damage tissue is regenerated.It is already to progressive loss of liver function-cirrhosis is due to alcoholism, but in our population it is prohibited by people due religion, poverty… Continue reading

Hepatitis C

November 9, 2009 Liver Disease No Comments

Hepatitis C is a disease of the liver that is caused by the hepatitis C virus, or HCV.

Between 15 to 40 percent of people who get hepatitis C are able to fight off the virus during the early, or acute, stage, usually within six months. Between 60 and 85 percent of patients cannot get rid of the virus and develop a long-term, or chronic, hepatitis C infection. People with chronic hepatitis C will have the disease all their lives unless they are successfully treated with antiviral medicines.

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Aged Care Nurses Suffer Almost 5 Times More Pay Disparity Than Other Women Workers In Australia

March 19, 2010

The aged care workforce – comprised of 98% women workers – is one of the most unfairly remunerated in Australia. The Australian Nursing Federation federal secretary, Ged Kearney, said nurses, assistants in nursing (AINs) and personal care workers (PCWs), who care for vulnerable elderly residents in nursing homes suffer pay discrimination because it is a largely female dominated industry. Ms Kearney said research released this week from The National Centre for Social and Economic Modeling, which showed women workers were paid 17 per cent less than men, was very disturbing…

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NHS Staff Survey Results Are The Best Ever, UK

March 19, 2010

There have been a record number of improvements in the 2009 annual NHS staff survey, Health Minister Ann Keen announced today. The survey results published today by the Care Quality Commission provide NHS trusts with the information they need to improve workplaces for staff. The NHS staff survey changed in 2008 to reflect pledges made to staff in the NHS Constitution to deliver high quality workplaces. NHS organisations are legally obliged to take account of the rights and pledges set out in the NHS Constitution…

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ObamaCare, Abortion and the Reagan Democrats

March 19, 2010

How will the national drama over President Barack Obama’s health care reform conclude? The views of a number of Midwest House Democrats on the issue of abortion may be the deciding factor.
Led by Michigan’s Bart Stupak (D), this cadre of roughly a dozen members of Congress has insisted that it won’t vote for any measure that provides public subsidies for abortion beyond those allowed by the Hyde Amendment. This isn’t surprising. For decades Midwestern Democrats in Congress have generally been economic liberals and social conservatives.
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The Changing Status Quo On Federal Abortion Funding

March 19, 2010

In an attempt to keep health reform from being torpedoed by the ever-contentious topic of abortion, advocates and opponents of abortion rights were expected to agree that legislation would preserve the “status quo” on abortion law and not be used to advance or restrict abortion rights. Unfortunately, fights erupted over different definitions of the status quo and how to apply it to a reformed health insurance system, and the health care debate quickly became embroiled in abortion politics anyway. Ultimately, both the House of Representatives and the Senate adopted measures that shift the status quo away from abortion access. The… Continue reading

Technology And Aging Focus Of Conference To Be Hosted By UPMC, Pitt And CMU

March 19, 2010

Technology is assuming an increasingly important role in the delivery of health care to the aged and in the way that individuals and families manage their own health and the health of their elderly family members. New systems are changing how clinicians access patient information and communicate with each other, expediting prevention, diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic disorders. Devices that permit remote and self-monitoring are proliferating, as are technologies that promote independent living and enhance quality of life…

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Tennessee State Legislators Mark National Colon Cancer Month With Briefing On Revolutionary New Colon Cancer Test

March 19, 2010

EDP Biotech, a Knoxville-based company today briefed Tennessee state legislators on its revolutionary ColoMarker™ colon cancer test which potentially could save 50,000 lives and more than $12 billion in healthcare costs annually in the U.S. Legislators were also provided the opportunity to personally experience the ColoMarker™ test by enrolling in the control study group for EDP’s latest research. The briefing and test were scheduled to coincide with National Colon Cancer Month, which is being observed throughout March 2010…

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American Medical Association President Calls On Insurers To Abandon Flawed Physician Rating Programs

March 19, 2010

“The RAND Corporation study published today verifies the AMA’s longstanding contention that there are serious flaws in health insurer programs that attempt to rate physicians based on cost-of-care. “The RAND study shows that physician ratings conducted by insurers can be wrong up to two-thirds of the time for some groups of physicians. Inaccurate information can erode patient confidence and trust in caring physicians, and disrupt patients’ longstanding relationships with physicians who have cared for them for years…

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American Medical Association President Calls On Insurers To Abandon Flawed Physician Rating Programs

March 19, 2010

“The RAND Corporation study published today verifies the AMA’s longstanding contention that there are serious flaws in health insurer programs that attempt to rate physicians based on cost-of-care. “The RAND study shows that physician ratings conducted by insurers can be wrong up to two-thirds of the time for some groups of physicians. Inaccurate information can erode patient confidence and trust in caring physicians, and disrupt patients’ longstanding relationships with physicians who have cared for them for years…

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