Hepatitis C Treatments on the Horizon
WebMD looks at the treatments that may be available for hepatitis C in the next few years. (Source: WebMD Health)
Source: WebMD Health - March 26, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

What is the infected blood scandal?
Thousands were infected with HIV and hepatitis C, in the worst treatment disaster in NHS history. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - March 14, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Unmet need for medication for opioid use disorder among persons who inject drugs in 23  U.S. cities - Handanagic S, Broz D, Finlayson T, Kanny D, Wejnert C.
BACKGROUND: Persons who inject drugs (PWID) are at increased risk of HIV and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections and premature mortality due to drug overdose. Medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD), such as methadone or buprenorphine, reduces injecting b... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 12, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news

Treating Kids' HCV Early May Boost Lifetime Health Outcomes and Save Money
(MedPage Today) -- Treating hepatitis C virus (HCV) earlier in kids was associated with better lifetime clinical outcomes and lower healthcare costs compared with deferring treatment, a modeling study showed. Projected life expectancy was longest... (Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology)
Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology - March 11, 2024 Category: Gastroenterology Source Type: news

Mayo Clinic Minute: What is hepatitis C?
It's estimated that 2 to 3 million people in the U.S. are living with the hepatitis C virus, and hundreds of thousands of them are undiagnosed. That's primarily because it tends to be asymptomatic in the initial stages until liver damage sets in decades later. A recent study coauthored by Dr. Karthik Gnanapandithan, a hospitalist at Mayo Clinic, found that nearly 40% of people with hepatitis C living in the U.S. are not even aware… (Source: News from Mayo Clinic)
Source: News from Mayo Clinic - March 11, 2024 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news

CDC: Meeting of the CDC/HRSA Advisory Committee on HIV, Viral Hepatitis and STD Prevention and Treatment
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Advisory Committee on HIV, Viral Hepatitis and STD Prevention and Treatment (CHAC) will hold a hybrid public meeting on April 9-10, 2024. Agenda items include discussions related to syndemic approach to testing, using prescription data to support the HIV care continuum, HIV and aging, advancing diagnosis of hepatitis C virus infection, updates from the Community Partnerships and Workforce workgroups, and more. Written comments are due by April 19, 2024, and requests to make oral comments should besubmitted by March ...
Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center - February 29, 2024 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news

LR-M category tied to lower survival in HCC resection patients
Non-liver cancer-specific malignant lesions (LR-M) on CT or MRI are tied to lower overall survival in patients with solitary hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) undergoing resection, a study published February 27 in Radiology found. Researchers led by Roberto Cannella, MD, from the University of Palermo in Italy also found that the presence of at least one non-targetoid feature is linked to increased recurrence risk, regardless of LI-RADS category. “Overall, our results confirm that the LR-M category should be considered in addition to pathology,” Cannella and colleagues wrote. The Liver Imaging Reporting and Data System...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - February 27, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Amerigo Allegretto Tags: CT MRI Source Type: news

The Breakthrough Drug Whose Full Promise Remains Unrealized The Breakthrough Drug Whose Full Promise Remains Unrealized
With its approval in 2013, sofosbuvir revolutionized treatment for hepatitis C, but the goal of eliminating this disease is still decades away.Medscape Gastroenterology (Source: Medscape Gastroenterology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Gastroenterology Headlines - January 22, 2024 Category: Gastroenterology Tags: Gastroenterology Commentary Source Type: news

The Hepatitis C Crisis Epitomizes The Problems With U.S. Healthcare
There has been a cure for Hepatitis C since 2014, yet nearly four million Americans are living with the viral infection, according to American Liver Foundation. (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - January 16, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Omer Awan, Contributor Tags: Healthcare /healthcare Innovation /innovation standard Source Type: news

What The Hepatitis C Crisis Says About The U.S. Healthcare System
There has been a cure for Hepatitis C since 2014, yet nearly 4 million Americans are living with the viral infection, according to American Liver Foundation. (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - January 16, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Omer Awan, Contributor Tags: Healthcare /healthcare Innovation /innovation standard Source Type: news

Patient adherence to ultrasound liver cancer surveillance recs is low
Patient adherence to ultrasound hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) surveillance imaging recommendations has been suboptimal, according to research published January 12 in Radiology: Imaging Cancer.Ultrasound is considered a cost-effective surveillance method in the management of HCC, a common type of liver cancer associated with long-term liver damage and scarring of the liver and chronic infections such as hepatitis B and hepatitis C, a research team from the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) noted. But whether patients comply with surveillance recommendations prompted by the ultrasound LI-RADS metric isn't cle...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - January 16, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: AuntMinnie.com staff writers Tags: Industry News Source Type: news

LI-RADS shows low NPV in per-patient liver tumor assessment
Per-patient grouping for liver tumor status based on LI-RADS and treatment response shows low negative predictive value (NPV) in detecting residual or untreated tumors, according to research published December 19 in Radiology.  A team led by Omar Hassan, MD, from the University of California, San Francisco studied hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patients who underwent local-regional therapy followed by liver transplant. The team found that per-patient stratification of tumor status at either pretransplant CT or MRI based on the LI-RADS version 2018 treatment response algorithm showed low NPV in this area. “The relativel...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - December 20, 2023 Category: Radiology Authors: Amerigo Allegretto Tags: MRI Abdominal Imaging Source Type: news

Guideline Updated for Managing Hepatitis C in Chronic Kidney Disease
TUESDAY, Dec. 12, 2023 -- The Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) clinical practice guideline on prevention, diagnosis, evaluation, and treatment of hepatitis C in chronic kidney disease has been updated, according to a report... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - December 12, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

Infected Blood Scandal: PM risks ending on 'wrong side of history'
Campaigners say the government works "at a snails pace" to compensate victims infected with HIV or hepatitis C. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - December 5, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Two-Week Prophylaxis May Prevent Hep C After Kidney Transplant
(MedPage Today) -- Short-term prophylaxis with direct-acting antivirals was fully effective at protecting kidney transplant recipients when their donors had hepatitis C, a proof-of-concept study showed. In the small, uncontrolled trial, a 2-week... (Source: MedPage Today Nephrology)
Source: MedPage Today Nephrology - December 1, 2023 Category: Urology & Nephrology Source Type: news