Category Archives: Medical News

DAY 25–SOVALDI

Posted on July 17, 2014 by asknod

Day 25 dawns with a nagging headache. This is # 7 since beginning the new prophylaxis. Additional noted complaints include itching (yes Leigh, me too) in odd places never mentioned in public, anemia, idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura on exposed arms, pruritus, … Continue reading →

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VA study: HCV can cause non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Are veterans the last to know?

Posted on June 26, 2014 by Laura

We know that HCV can lead to liver cancer, but blood cancers too? Yes. HCV isn’t just swishing around in a body’s blood stream happily replicating in liver cells. HCV makes changes to other bodily systems and structures in some “small … Continue reading →

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ER rapid HCV testing results support HCV infection projections for baby-boomer cohort

Posted on June 8, 2014 by Laura

Kudus to James Galbraith, MD, a professor at University of Alabama, Birmingham (UAB). He designed and conducted an HCV free screening study of baby boomers at UAB’s Emergency Department (ED). This is a 51-bed, Level 1 trauma center. Infectious … Continue reading →

POT FOR PTSD?

Posted on April 7, 2014 by asknod

This was on the front page of my fishwrap this morning. I don’t normally discuss the pros or cons of pot as a medicine. I think adults can come to their own conclusions on the subject with one simple test. … Continue reading →

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MAKING AO PRESUMPTIVE FOR THAILAND

Posted on March 11, 2014 by asknod

Trust another Zoomie to come up with a better way to skin a cat. Meet Member Karen- formerly of the Zoomer profession herself- and married to a Thailand groundpounder with all kinds of Orange Fertilizer problems. Karen has cut … Continue reading →

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DEATH SENTENCE COMMUTED

Posted on March 1, 2014 by asknod

In an extreme act of compassion, my medical insurance company, Premera Blue Cross elected to grant me access to Sovaldi yesterday. Being a little shy of $180,000 smackeroos, I was definitely wondering how this was going to pan out. With … Continue reading →

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FDA, CDC, and USDA fail to inform pregnant women and others that HEV infection could be fatal

Posted on February 26, 2014 by Laura

Yesterday I was researching the history of human plasma collection and eventually found myself reading the long transcript of an FDA meeting: 104th Meeting of the Blood Products Advisory Committee on September 20, 2012. The purpose of the hearing was to see … Continue reading →

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VA Public Health’s weak online response to the HCV veteran study

Posted on February 15, 2014 by Laura

Does anyone sense any urgency in about the VA’s response to the information given in study I posted about previously? They post one graphic showing an overall 20 year infection rate of 10.3 which is shocking enough. They offer one … Continue reading →

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Related Medical Ailments due to Hep-C

Posted on February 15, 2014 by hepper74

Harming more than just the liver, seven other areas of the body are frequently affected by Hepatitis C infection. Hepatitis C is a common, infectious virus that targets the liver; yet this illness can affect many other parts of … Continue reading →

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VAMC–PASS THE CRACK PIPE, PLEASE

Posted on February 13, 2014 by asknod

Yeppers. Got it first hand from my VAMC Personal Care Physician (PCP), Rose M. Sessoms, M.D. that my liver “appears to be functioning well.” We have to wonder if Rose got her doctor’s license in some third world country that … Continue reading →