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Foundation for Decision Making, Liver Wellness and
Prevention of Hepatitis and Drug Abuse
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staff and your patients. We can train your staff, healthcare
providers, and educators.
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Coming Events
Midwest Viral
Hepatitis Summit
When: Friday, September
18, 2009 8:30AM - 5:00PM, Columbus, OH
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Midwest Viral
Hepatitis Patient
&
Community Forum
Breaking
News
New Biomarker Predicts Response to Hepatitis C Treatment
Researchers at Duke University
Medical Center have identified
the first genetic marker that predicts response to hepatitis C
treatments, and a single letter of DNA code appears to make a
huge difference. Scientists say the biomarker not only predicts
who is most likely to respond to treatment and who isn’t, but
also may explain why there are such different response rates
among racial and ethnic groups.
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information
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Articles of Interest
Impact of Lifestyles on
Hepatitis C
In HCV-infected
patients, the top three predictors of liver
related mortality were having higher body mass index (BMI),
presence of insulin resistance (IR), and elevated serum
cholesterol. Overall mortality in HCV patients was most linked
to metabolic syndrome, higher BMI and hypertension.
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Telaprevir Effective in Treating Previously Failured Response
Vertex’s telaprevir,
an experimental drug for hepatitis C, is
showing that it can cure about half of the patients
who failed
to respond to standard treatments. The study found
that 51
percent of patients who took telaprevir in
combination with
standard drugs for six months were cured and 52
percent were
cured.
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Phase 3
Albureron Trials Show Promising Results
The Phase 3 studies conducted by
Human Genome Sciences,
Inc, known as ACHIEVE 1 and ACHIEVE 2/3, evaluated
albinterferon alfa-2b vs. ginterferon alfa-2a, in combination
with ribavirin, for use in the treatment of interferon-naive
patients with chronic hepatitis C.
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Acetaminophen Painkillers to
Carry Stronger Risk Warnings
Pain relieving drugs containing Acetaminophen will be required
to carry more explicit warning labels about the risk of liver
damage
and stomach bleeding especially for people who
overdose on pain medicines or who drink three or more
alcoholic drinks each day.
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