In case you missed it, interesting podcast.
Diagnosis and Treatment Of Hepatitis C
February 22, 2018
February 22, 2018
Hepatitis C (HCV) is the most-deadly infectious disease in America.
- More than 20,000 die every year because of HCV
- Half of people infected do not know that they have the virus
- HCV can remain undetected for decades
HCV is curable, even among past and current drug users. You can help turn the tide. Learn how to screen (hint: it's easy) and how screening can save lives.
Treatment is now simpler, more effective, and shorter than ever. And it should be offered to nearly everyone with HCV, regardless of the level of cirrhosis.
Tune in to START HCV Radio Hour to listen and learn as our expert faculty explore important topics, using patient stories in an engaging moderated DKBmed Talk, modeled after the famous and popular TED Talks.
- Learn how to detect HCV infection with a simple blood test
- Become familiar with revolutionary new treatment options that cure 99% of people who use them
- Prevent the spread of HCV and the morbidity and mortality that can follow
The expert faculty includes Mark Sulkowski, MD, professor of medicine and medical director of the Viral Hepatitis Center at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; Alain Litwin, MD, professor of medicine at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York; Kathleen Brady, MD, Distinguished University Professor at the Medical University of South Carolina and Director of the South Carolina Clinical and Translational Research Institute; and Raymond Chung, MD, director of hepatology and the Liver Center at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.
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