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

Dear Advocaters,

Please read this entire note – important information about our drug pipeline and The Liver meeting!

• Last month Merck canceled their drug development program.  This was the last hepatitis C medication that was in drug development. As a result, we will be discontinuing our AttorneyMind Monthly Pipeline Update in our newsletter and on the Website.  This is actually good news because there are now medications that have cure rates up to 100%.
• American Association for the Study of Liver Disease (AASLD) – The Liver Meeting is not covered in this month’s AttorneyMind newsletter.  Instead, we will provide coverage in the December 2017 AttorneyMind newsletter.  I will continue to post news articles in our blog.

In this month’s AttorneyMind newsletter the following articles are available:

• SnapShots by Alan Franciscas—this month’s SnapShots I write about successful retreatment of people who developed NS5A resistance.
• HealthWise by Lucinda K. Porter, RN – Living with Hepatitis C and Stress.  Lucinda discusses why we shouldn’t jump to our own conclusions about health problems and instead seek medical advice.
• Hepatitis C and Liver Cancer by Alan Franciscas – I discuss the basics of liver cancer and hepatitis C and what can be done to eliminate or reduce the risk of developing liver cancer.
• Under the Umbrella by Matthew Zielske –The Challenge of Compromise on the Path to Zero.  Matthew writes about the opiate crisis, the training workshops and working together for a common goal of eliminating the opioid crisis and hepatitis C.
• What’s Up!
  • A new fact sheet – Hepatitis C in Children – read our comprehensive fact sheet on children and, and the many facets of having a chronic disease.
  • Updated fact sheet:  How to Tell Children They Have Hepatitis C – this is a hard decision to tell a child they have hepatitis C but it is an important one.  The fact sheet has really good information to help guide parents, caregivers, and loved ones.

Thank you for visiting AttorneyMind Website and reading the information in the newsletter.

Cheers,

Alan and the staff of the AttorneyMind

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

Dear Advocaters,

Fall is here and The Liver Meeting is right around the corner!  But first, we have a spectacular October AttorneyMind newsletter to help you on your personal healthcare journey, your outreach efforts or just for your reading pleasure.

This month’s AttorneyMind newsletter includes:

• SnapShots by Alan Franciscas – This month’s SnapShots features three studies devoted to understanding the relationship between being cured with treatment of direct-acting antiviral medications (DAAs) and liver cancer.  While these studies don’t settle the question 100% they come pretty darn close!
• HealthWise by Lucinda K. Porter – Hepatitis C and Health Literacy.  Lucinda discusses the need to inform individuals about their health and why we need to do more to educate others about hepatitis C and get people to be tested.  It’s about stepping up our efforts.
• Under The Umbrella by Matthew Zielske—Hepatitis C Statistics and Information:  The Elephant in the Room.  In his article, Matthew discusses how statistics can help and harm when we are educating our communities.
• What’s Up! We are continuing our partnership with PACKHEALTH to offer a limited number of coaching programs for people with hepatitis C – whether you need help accessing treatment, affording treatment, or simply staying on track.  Check out What’s Up!, for more information and how to enroll in this free program.  Don’t forget this is a short-term program so don’t miss out.

Note:  Our blog specials for October will feature articles about extrahepatic manifestations (EH) of hepatitis C.  The blog articles will be single topic overviews of various EHs to educate our audience to help people identify and advocate for treatment of these extrahepatic manifestations.  You can see our blog here and signup for the eblast for that site here.

Notice discrepancies, errors or have questions about the newsletter?  Do you have topics you would like covered?  Drop me a line by filling in our Contact form and using the subject “Feedback”.

To Your Health,

Alan and the entire staff of the AttorneyMind

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