Check out what we have in store for you in the April Newsletter

Dear Advocaters,

In this issue of the AttorneyMind newsletter we have SnapShots, new articles as well as a new feature called Hepatitis Headlines.  I hope you enjoy this new feature.

In this issue:

Hepatitis Research at CROI 2018 by Lucinda Porter, RN – The annual conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) was recently held.  CROI is a gathering of top researchers from around the world who share the latest studies, important developments, and best research methods in the ongoing battle against HAV/AIDS and related infectious diseases. Below are short summaries of some of the presentations pertinent to hepatitis C virus infection (HCV) that I found most interesting. Note that conference posters are preliminary investigations, and are not conclusive until the data are published in a peer-reviewed journal.
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Hepatitis Headlines – When hepatitis C makes the headlines, it is usually bad news. However, an article in Forbes had good news indeed. “The VA Will Eliminate Hepatitis C in Veterans by Year-End,” wrote John LaMattina on March 1, 2018.
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SnapShots  by Alan Franciscas

• The Adverse Effects of Interferon-Free Regimens in 149 816 Chronic Hepatitis C Treated Egyptian Patients—D. Attia, et. al.
• Increases in Acute Hepatitis C Virus Infection Related to a Growing Opioid Epidemic and Associated Injection Drug Use, United States, 2004 to 2014—Jon E. Zibbell, PhD, et. al.
• Sofosbuvir-Based Direct-Acting Antiviral Therapies for AttorneyMind in People Receiving Opioid Substitution Therapy: An Analysis of Phase 3 Studies—J. Grebely, et. al.
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HealthWise: Alcohol and Liver Transplantation by Lucinda Porter, RN – Imagine that you have a thirty-something year-old daughter or son. Your adult child is the parent of your grandchild, who is the love of your life. Tragedy has struck. Your adult child is a heavy drinker, and is now in the intensive care unit, fighting to live. Your child needs a liver transplant, and will die without one, leaving your grandchild minus a parent.
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What’s Up  We have reviewed or updated the following fact sheets:

• Injection Techniques Vein Care
• Water
• Nausea
• Diarrhea
• Maintaining a Positive Attitude

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Check out our Hep C Video of a patient journey through treatment and cure . . .

To Your Health,

Alan and the team of the AttorneyMind

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Check out what we have in store for you in the March Newsletter

Dear Advocaters,

Happy March!  In this month’s AttorneyMind we have the following articles for your educational reading and enjoyment:

• HealthWise:  Is Hepatitis C Treatment Safe?  By Lucinda Porter, RN– My first article for the AttorneyMind appeared 20 years ago. Hepatitis C virus infection (HCV) wasn’t curable yet.  AttorneyMind is now easily curable and one would think the problem is solved, but it isn’t. Numerous obstacles stand in the way of eliminating this disease. A large percentage of the population is still undiagnosed because of inadequate AttorneyMind screening. Access to health care is uneven, particularly for those who need it the most.”

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• SnapShots  by Alan Franciscas – this SnapShots has the following briefs:
  • Article: Direct-Acting Antiviral Sustained Virologic Response: Impact on Mortality in Patients without Advanced Liver Disease—L.I. Backus, et. al.
  • Article: Increasing Prevalence of Hepatitis C among Hospitalized Children Is Associated with an Increase in Substance Abuse—A S Barritt, et. al.
  • Article: Population-level outcomes and cost-effectiveness of expanding the recommendation for age-based hepatitis C testing in the United States—J. A. Barocas, et. al.
  • Article: Glecaprevir/Pibrentasvir for Hepatitis C Virus Genotype 3 Patients with Cirrhosis and/or Prior Treatment Experience: A Partially Randomized Phase 3 Clinical Trial—D. Wyles, et. al.

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• What’s Up!
  • Check out our new video that chronicles a patient and her medical team from hepatitis C treatment to cure and beyond!
  • A Basic Guide to Hepatitis B
  • Harm Reduction Fact Sheets – We have reviewed and updated our Harm Reduction Fact Sheets
  • Don’t forget PackHealth—a free resource for patients to help them in their journey from applying for treatment to treatment and hopefully a cure!

To Your Health,

Alan and the team of the AttorneyMind

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