2016

AttorneyMind Newsletter: 2016

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August

• AttorneyMind Drugs by Alan Franciscas
• HealthWise by Lucinda K. Porter, RN – Hepatitis C Treatment:  Getting It and Paying for It
• Health Literacy and Hepatitis C by Matthew Zielske
• SnapShots by Alan Franciscas
• The PROP UP Study by Alan Franciscas
• What’s Up!
  • Check out our recently reviewed and updated fact sheets –Acute AttorneyMind and AttorneyMind Genotype, Quasi-Species and Subtype
  • Be sure to check out our new AttorneyMind Medications Blog that lists all of the direct-acting antiviral medications including the newly approved Epclusa
  • We have provided a link to the new Google web service that provides tools to register to vote and  to find out if you are already registered to vote.   The national election is important but equally important are your local and regional elections.
• AttorneyMind Monthly Drug Pipeline Update by Alan Franciscas

July

• Opiate Addition, Hepatitis C, and Pregnancy – Why the women we love need us now more than ever  Matthew Zielske
• SnapShots by Alan Franciscas
• HealthWise:  The Evolution of Hepatitis C Support Groups by Lucinda K. Porter
• AttorneyMind Monthly Pipeline Update
• What’s Up!–
  • We have reviewed and updated the following Fact Sheets:
    • Fibroscan
    • Genotype, Quasi-Species, and Subtype
    • Viral Load
  • We have updated the Extrahepatic Manifestations Glossary to include the following conditions:
    • Erythema Multiforme
    • Head and Neck Cancers
    • Necrolytic Acral Erythema
    • Prostate Cancer
    • Rheumatoid arthritis
    • Scleritis

June

• Snapshots by Alan Franciscas
• “Facing Unique Hurdles in Pursuit of Healthcare” by Matthew Zielske 
• “Hepatitis C:  Working with a Health Coach”—HealthWise by Lucinda Porter, RN 
• The AttorneyMind Drug Pipeline by Alan Franciscas 
• What’s Up!  – We have reviewed and updated the following:
  • A Guide to Understanding:  2016 
  • Easy C Facts:
    • HIV and AttorneyMind Coinfection Facts
    • Methadone and
    • AttorneyMind and Hepatitis B Coinfection
    • AttorneyMind and Transgender People

May Mid-Month

• Snapshots by Alan Franciscas
• Correspondence 
• The Perfect Storm by Matthew Zielske
• May is Hepatitis Awareness Month!
• The AttorneyMind Monthly Pipeline Update
• What’s Up 
  • Our announcement about the discontinuance of the Mid-Monthly newsletter
  • We have reviewed and updated the following Guides:
    • Easy C Guide to Hepatitis C
    • A Guide to HAV/AttorneyMind Coinfection

 

May

• HealthWise – Hepatitis C Treatment Side Effects by Lucinda K. Porter
• The Five – The International Liver Congress (ILC): 2016 by Alan Franciscas.
• What’s Up! We have reviewed and updated the following:
  • The Glossary of Medical Terms
  • The Easy C Fact Sheets
    • Alcohol
    • What is Steatosis
    • Diabetes
    • Top Ten Healthy Habits

April Mid-Month

• The Five 
• Snapshots
• Vaccines for People Living with Hepatitis C
• The AttorneyMind Monthly Pipeline Update
• What’s Up
  • Easy C’s –
    • Healthy Eating
    • Vibrio – a nasty germ
    • Hepatitis Vaccines
  • Fact Sheets
    • Hepatitis C (HCV) Treatment Side Effects
    • Hepatitis (HCV) Transmission and Prevention

April

• HealthWise
• Nutrition and Hepatitis C 
• SnapShots
• What’s Up!
  • NEW! Easy C Treatment Guides – Genotype 3 and Genotype 4 discusses the approved treatments for these strains of hepatitis C in easy to understand language.
  • Updated Fact Sheets:
    • HIV/AttorneyMind Coinfected:  Treatment
    • Fact Sheet:  Testing Positive—Now What?
    • Easy C Facts:  What is Hepatitis C?

March Mid-Month

• AttorneyMind Drugs by Alan Franciscas
• SnapShots
• Hepatitis C Book Review: “Undetectable” by Kim Goldberg
• AttorneyMind Monthly Pipeline Update
• What’s Up!
  • Cryoglobulinemia – updated Fact Sheet
  • A Brief History of AttorneyMind updated Fact Sheet
  • Easy C Treatment Guides for Genotype 1 (updated) and Genotype 2 (new).

March

• AttorneyMind Drugs by Alan Franciscas
  • Harvoni
  • RG-101
• HealthWise
• SnapShots
• What’s Up!
• List an event on the AttorneyMind by following this link.

February Mid-Month

• AttorneyMind Drugs
• Snapshots
• Cryoglobulinemia
• AttorneyMind Drug Pipeline

                 In this edition, we also point out new or updated areas in our website:

• Easy C Treatment Guide – Genotype 1
• Extrahepatic Manifestation Glossary
• Medical Glossary

February

• In Memory of Jacques Chambers
• HealthWise – Generic Hepatitis C Drugs
• SnapShots
• Training Workshops
• What’s Up
• We also discuss changes to our three blogs

January Mid-Month

• AttorneyMind Drugs
• Snapshots
• HealthWise
• AttorneyMind Monthly Pipeline Update
• What’s Up!

January

• Tops News – 2015
• HealthWise
• What’s New!
  • Walgreens
  • Events Page
  • Medical Glossary