Category Archives: HCV Health

Tattoos and adverse events

Posted on December 9, 2012 by Laura

This article by Tracy Wilson includes an animation and overview of the popular practice. I recommend Part 1, How Tattoos Work; Part 2 Sterilization; Part 3 Prep Work and Part 5 on Health Risks. The animation illustrates how invasive this … Continue reading →

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VA–YOUR TAX DOLLARS AT WORK PART II

Posted on December 5, 2012 by asknod

Never one to squander too much money on any one problem, vA is fond of flitting from one flower to the next like a busy bee. Addressing everything and nothing simultaneously makes it look like problems have been identified and … Continue reading →

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Merck’s “Tune into Hep C” ad campaign in AMVET magazine

Posted on December 1, 2012 by Laura

My DH picked up an American Veteran magazine (Fall 2012) at a VA Clinic. He pointed out a full-page ad for “Tune into Hep C” inside. Celebs Greg Allman and Natalie Cole are the website‘s official spokespersons. I … Continue reading →

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INTERFERON–ONE SIZE FITS ALL

Posted on November 25, 2012 by asknod

Exciting new cancer drug March 31st, 1980… But wait, exciting new cancer AIDS drug in 1992? Hold the presses. We have a winner. It kills humans er, HCV in 30 to 40% of cases investigated. Whooo-hoooo! It works, sort … Continue reading →

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Military Veterans and Hepatitis C

Posted on November 24, 2012 by Laura

HCV advocacy group writer Terry Baker provides a 6-page chapter (22) about veterans in the book, Hepatitis C Choices (4th Ed.); it reiterates information discussed here with supporting charts and footnotes. A major flaw in the chapter is its failure to … Continue reading →

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HCV–GILEAD/ABBOTT IN RACE FOR HCV CURE

Posted on November 10, 2012 by asknod

Picked this up off the HCV network. Saturday Abbott tried to cut in front of Gilead on Interferon-free HCV cure. The Ribavirin might still be a dealbreaker for the Autoimmune Disorders Crowd like me. We shall see.

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Army images: HCV extrahepatic manifestations

Posted on October 16, 2012 by Laura

A current online article, Hepatitis C, by Sandeep Mukherjee (et al.) provides a good overview of HCV and is worth bookmarking here. The images from Walter Reed Army Medical Center Dermatology, slides 7-48, convey potential effects of HCV on skin/mucosa … Continue reading →

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HCV–CLOSING IN ON THE BEAST

Posted on October 12, 2012 by asknod

Member KC sends me these two articles on HCV treatment. I knew we’d see significant progress towards some new form of treatment considering this is America and home of the 1a genotype. The first treatment discussion is a true, Interferon-free idea and … Continue reading →

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BVA– SERVICE CONNECTION FOR INTERFERON INJURIES

Posted on October 5, 2012 by asknod

Here’s a handy one to have in your notebook. For all of you who got clobbered by bug juice, here’s the definitive “How I did it” from Don Diego of San Diego. The Don has had a slight loss of … Continue reading →

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BVA–JETGUN WIN IN ST PETE

Posted on October 3, 2012 by asknod

Rarely do we feast our eyes on this. I’m sure the fellow who won this didn’t read our site but he dialed it to a T. He got a bulletproof nexus from a top drawer Hepatologist. He had good post-service … Continue reading →