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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