Tag Archives: HCV Health Tips

VA examiners should ask patients about their multi-dose vial HCV risk exposure to meet today’s best practices and standards of care

Posted on October 23, 2013 by Laura

Soon private physicians must make basic improvements in their practices. If they deliver haphazard care, they can face penalties. If they follow evidence-based practices, they can be rewarded. Therefore, professional medical associations are creating learning modules, called Practice in Improvement, or … Continue reading →

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New: North Dakota updates Hepatitis C (HCV) outbreak to 28 infections

Posted on October 21, 2013 by Laura

These news stories are so discouraging. The new HCV cluster in ND may be another possible healthcare associated infection. A Minot nursing home investigation is being studied according to one report. State Updates Info on Hepatitis C Outbreak BISMARCK, ND … Continue reading →

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JETGUNS BUSTED IN 1985

Posted on October 10, 2013 by asknod

I find it interesting that VA has used the argument repeatedly that jetguns have never been implicated as a cross contaminator of diseases. The biometric has always been that HBV was shown to be transmitted at a weight loss clinic … Continue reading →

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SOFOSBUVIR STILL ON TRACK FOR OCT. 25 HEARING

Posted on October 3, 2013 by asknod

Whooooooooooo, doggies. Gilead is still hot to trot and the show will go on for FDA expedited approval on Oct. 25th. Mark your calendars to come back and find out. This is more exciting than the Affordable Care Act imbroglio. … Continue reading →

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SOFOSBUVIR IN THE LEAD

Posted on September 29, 2013 by asknod

Just as I suspected, Gilead Science is going to be the big ticket winner in the race to kill the bug. Here’s an update on the field of competitors. The smart money says to buy some Gilead stock. I got … Continue reading →

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IFN HCV TREATMENT– YES OR NO?

Posted on September 28, 2013 by asknod

Here’s the smartest bit of deductive (and inductive) thinking to come along in a great while. Pop Smoke sends us this enlightened exposé of the outcomes of those SVR versus the great unwashed like myself who are glow in the dark … Continue reading →

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HCV SVR IN THE REAL WORLD

Posted on September 25, 2013 by asknod

VA is always trying to suck in a new cohort of victims for their triple drug cocktail called Victrelis. They bought in hard with about three trainloads early on in hopes of knocking out HCV as we know it in … Continue reading →

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VA–RELAX, IT’S A BLIND STUDY

Posted on September 18, 2013 by asknod

I’ve never been one for conspiracy theories or wiping my fingerprints off guns I handle. But… the other day an obvious piece of junk mail arrived from the VA. This one was labeled the Million Veteran Baseline Survey. Now, keep … Continue reading →

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SOFOSBUVIR FDA PANEL REVIEW OCTOBER 25TH

Posted on September 15, 2013 by asknod

Hooooo doggies. Something all us Autoimmune-challenged Hepatitis C sufferers have bemoaned is our inability to get into the Sofosbuvir GS-7977 trials. The date of our salvation is nearer. Here’s the link. A warm thank you to Patty Beigel for posting … Continue reading →

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CAVC–BROWN v. SHINSEKI–BACK TO THE FUTURE

Posted on September 9, 2013 by asknod

Always on the prowl for useful ammunition, I came across this 2009 delight. It was won by Virginia Girard-Brady, an able Veterans Lawyer. Now, before you make fun of her propensity to hyphenate her last name, it could be she … Continue reading →