Welcome to this month's index of newsletters, with follow up links to basic information, research and current news about viral hepatitis.
HepCBC - The Week in Review
Read the latest issue of: Weekly Bull
HCV Advocate
HCV Advocate: November Newsletter
Updated fact sheets: Children and HCV.
In this month's newsletter results from a real-world study is summarized by Alan Franciscus, the study examined retreatment of HCV patients who developed NS5A resistance. Hepatitis C-related liver cancer is featured as well, from symptoms, diagnosis, prevention, to FDA approved medications to treat liver cancer. In addition, the always brilliant Lucinda K. Porter, writes about, "Living with Hepatitis C and Stress." A special thank you to Matthew Zielske, for his eloquent article exploring the sometimes frustrating, yet always amazing, side of advocacy.
Follow Up Link
Healio
Focus On Children With Viral Hepatitis - 2017 World Hepatitis Summit
Focus on children with viral hepatitis
Recent data revealed that, worldwide, 52 million children are living with viral hepatitis, compared with 2.1 million children with HIV or AIDS, according to data presented at the World Hepatitis Summit 2017 in São Paulo, Brazil.
The 2017 World Hepatitis Summit is a joint initiative between the World Health Organization (WHO) and the World Hepatitis Alliance (WHA) to advance the viral hepatitis agenda.
News & Updates
Patient Support - I Help C
Karen Hoyt shares her own journey living with cirrhosis and liver cancer, to the emotional ups and downs of her lifesaving liver transplant.
Blog
Videos
Recent articles: Long-Term Success After Hep C Treatment
Emergency Room Diagnosis with Liver Cirrhosis.
Emergency Room Diagnosis with Liver Cirrhosis.
The New York City Hepatitis C Task Force
A few topics in the November Newsletter include; NYC Health Department’s 2016 Hepatitis B and C Annual Report, and upcoming activities. Also mentioned in this months newsletter, is the following documentary highlighting the impact of hepatitis B on the Asian American community, released in October by Gilead.
Follow Up Link
Hepatitis B Foundation
If you have recently been diagnosed with hepatitis B, a new article helping patients cope with various stages of emotions associated with a new HBV diagnosis can be found online at Hep B Blog.
Link: Navigating Our Emotions When We’re First Diagnosed with Hepatitis B
British Liver Trust
All Newsletters
In The News
UK elimination of hepatitis C in jeopardy unless more patients found
Just one in three people with hepatitis C in the UK have been diagnosed according to the latest estimates released at this year’s World Hepatitis Summit in Sao Paulo, Brazil (1-3 November).
GI & Hepatology News
View all newsletters, here.
NIH News in Health
Check out the November NIH News In Health Newsletter, with practical health news and tips based on the latest NIH research.
New Online
ViralEd has started updating: Advances in Chronic Hepatitis C: Management and Treatment, an expert review of the 68th American Association for the Study of the Liver Diseases Annual Meeting (AASLD 2017). This program will feature HCV experts reviewing and discussing the most important studies on chronic hepatitis C presented at the meeting.
View the first presentation: Survival Benefit of Direct-Acting Antiviral Therapy in Patients with Decompensated Cirrhosis,and download the abstract, seven additional presentations coming soon.....
In Case You Missed It
National Viral Hepatitis Progress Report
Report highlighting the nation's progress toward reducing the burden of hepatitis A virus (HAV), hepatitis B virus (HBV), and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections.
In The Journals
New Online
ViralEd has started updating: Advances in Chronic Hepatitis C: Management and Treatment, an expert review of the 68th American Association for the Study of the Liver Diseases Annual Meeting (AASLD 2017). This program will feature HCV experts reviewing and discussing the most important studies on chronic hepatitis C presented at the meeting.
View the first presentation: Survival Benefit of Direct-Acting Antiviral Therapy in Patients with Decompensated Cirrhosis,and download the abstract, seven additional presentations coming soon.....
In Case You Missed It
National Viral Hepatitis Progress Report
Report highlighting the nation's progress toward reducing the burden of hepatitis A virus (HAV), hepatitis B virus (HBV), and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections.
In The Journals
Clinical Liver Disease - HCV treatment in patients with decompensated liver disease
Elizabeth C. Verna
Published 31 October, in Clinical Liver Disease (CLD)
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Controversies in hepatitis C therapy: Reactivation of hepatitis B virus
Testing for chronic hepatitis B and C – a global perspective. Elizabeth C. Verna
Published 31 October, in Clinical Liver Disease (CLD)
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Controversies in hepatitis C therapy: Reactivation of hepatitis B virus
Authors Sarah R. Lieber, Michael W. Fried
First Published: 31 October 2017 in Clinical Liver Disease (CLD)
BMC Infectious Diseases
An open access supplement published during the 2017 World Hepatitis Summit in BMC Infectious Diseases, relating to the WHO 2017 Guidelines on hepatitis B and C testing, provides an array of information to tackle accurate diagnostic testing for viral hepatitis.
Thanks for stopping by, enjoy the rest of your weekend.
Tina
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