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For Antelope Valley African Americans, a lower life expectancy
Life is shorter for African Americans in the High Desert.
Antelope Valley residents of all races face higher mortality rates than in the rest of Los Angeles County, but the rates for black residents are even more pronounced. African Americans in the...Tags: Health Organizations, Weight, Kidney Disease, Cardiologists, Personal Income
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1 of 6 cancer deaths worldwide caused by preventable infections
One in every six cancer deaths worldwide is caused by preventable infections, a total of 1.5 million deaths yearly that could be halted by widespread vaccination programs, researchers reported Wednesday. Since 1990, that number has grown by about half a...
Tags: Health Organizations, Genes and Chromosomes, Human papillomavirus, Liver Cancer, Diseases and Illnesses
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FDA: Don't use certain hepatitis and HIV drugs together
The Food and Drug Administration warned Friday that doctors should not prescribe and patients should not use the hepatitis C drug Victrelis (boceprevir) and the anti-HIV drug ritonavir at the same time because such use reduces the effectiveness of both...
Tags: Hepatitis, Food and Drug Administration, Drugs and Medicines, Darunavir (drug), HIV
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Letters: A fresh look at hepatitis C
Re "Hepatitis a new worry for baby boomers," May 2 In the late 1960s I was a Peace Corps volunteer teaching school in Uganda. I became ill and required blood transfusions. Fast forward 30 years and I'm donating my own blood for surgery. Imagine my...Tags: Diabetes, Hepatitis, Peace Corps, Diseases and Illnesses, Viral Diseases and Infections
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L.A. moves the needle
The first cases of HIV identified anywhere in the world are widely thought to have been in Los Angeles in 1981. Since then, 45,000 Angelenos have contracted HIV and nearly half have died due to the disease. As terrible as that statistic is, we can look...
Tags: Dennis P. Zine, Paul Koretz, Epidemics and Plagues, Ed Reyes, Health
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OraSure stock price is up, as is talk of acquisition
The much-improved performance of OraSure Technologies' stock has been accompanied by renewed speculation of a possible takeover of the Bethlehem company.
On Wednesday, the day after an advisory panel to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration recommended...Tags: Health Organizations, Companies and Corporations, Auto Trends, Food and Drug Administration, Prices
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Free Hepatitis Testing and Vaccines Friday and Saturday
Hispanosphere - Orlando SentinelThe Orange County Health Department is recognizing May as National Hepatitis Awareness Month and May 19 as National Hepatitis Testing Day. The intent of these annual observances is to raise awareness about the global impact of viral hepatitis and the... -
Hepatitis C tests suggested for all baby boomers
The Washington PostThe federal government Friday called for all baby boomers to be tested for hepatitis C, which kills more Americans each year than AIDS and is the leading reason for liver transplants. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention made the...Tags: Liver Cancer, Cirrhosis, Diseases and Illnesses, John Ward, Human Body
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Lake offers tests for hepatitis — a 'silent epidemic' in U.S.
EUSTIS — In observance of the first National Hepatitis Testing Day, the Lake County Health Department is offering free tests on Friday. Those tested will receive information about different kinds of hepatitis — inflammation of the liver...Tags: Hepatitis, Epidemics and Plagues, Hepatitis B , U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, John Ward
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Hepatitis C outbreak: Former Mayo Clinic worker pleads guilty in contamination cases
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — A former Jacksonville radiology technician has pleaded guilty in federal court to stealing syringes of painkillers during patients' procedures and replacing them with syringes of saline contaminated with Hepatitis C.
The...Tags: Hepatitis, Hospitals and Clinics, Jacksonville (Duval, Florida), Mayo Clinic, Health
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