Category Archives: HCV Health

HIV/HEPATITIS QUERI STRATEGIC PLAN (2010)

Posted on April 25, 2012 by asknod

Here’s something that will entertain you. VA longs to identify us HIV/HCV Vets and give us all the care we need to overcome or learn to live with this dragon. Holy shit, Batman. Wasn’t it just a short time ago … Continue reading →

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38 CFR §4.16–A Window For HCV Vets

Posted on April 23, 2012 by asknod

I have spoken numerous times of the enigma we encounter when we get the double whammy of both HCV (7354) and cirrhosis (7312). The ratings overlap so much, the danger of pyramiding under §4.14 causes VA to lowball you on both … Continue reading →

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Growth Hormone Responsible For Liver Cancer

Posted on April 18, 2012 by asknod

Patricia sends us this. She is the expert on all things HCV. http://hepatitiscresearchandnewsupdates.blogspot.com/2012/04/liver-cancer-can-be-caused-by-excess.html

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Tremelimumab shows promise for HCC

Posted on April 10, 2012 by asknod

More good news for me and other HCC-inevitable Vets from Patricia: http://www.cancernetwork.com/conference-reports/aacr2012/content/article/10165/2054530

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Braindead CDC testing protocols

Posted on April 10, 2012 by asknod

This forwarded by Tricia. http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/761407

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HCV AND PROPER EXCERCISE

Posted on April 6, 2012 by asknod

Several of my friends with HCV are coming out of their caves after a long winter’s hibernation and I worry about them. They just aren’t getting a suitable level of exercise. I have been rading up on this and have the … Continue reading →

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Teleprevir vs. Boceprevir

Posted on March 22, 2012 by asknod

What to do? Two new drugs on the market (or virtually there) and much said of each.What hard facts do we know at this point and what is conjecture? School of thought number one holds that Teleprevir (marketed as Incivik) … Continue reading →

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VN Vets A Dying Breed?

Posted on March 21, 2012 by asknod

I found this on Tricia’s page too. It was written in 2009 and is food for thought. http://tucsoncitizen.com/veteranveritas/2009/10/03/vietnam-veterans-fast-a-dying-breed/

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New Drugs to Inhibit HCV?

Posted on March 20, 2012 by asknod

I just found this on my Facebook page from Founder Patricia. This is pure gold if it pans out. Hopefully it will be available to me before I reach bingo. Considering I just hit Stage 4 last Monday, it couldn’t … Continue reading →

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Dayton VAMC Malpractice problems.

Posted on March 12, 2012 by asknod

Eagle-eyed member Loyal spotted these this morning. As much as VA likes to tout the Presumption of Regularity in this and that, and Doctors can do no wrong, we still read about these glaring VA “medical misadventures” which always seem to be … Continue reading →

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