News tagged with hepatitis test
VA: 3 patients HIV-positive after clinic mistakes
(AP) -- Three patients exposed to contaminated medical equipment at Veterans Affairs hospitals have tested positive for HIV, the agency said Friday.
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Apr 19, 2009 |
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Magnitude of dirty VA hospital equipment unknown
(AP) -- Thousands of veterans were at first shocked to learn they should get blood tests for HIV and hepatitis because three hospitals might have treated them with unsterile equipment. Now, just a couple ...
Apr 25, 2009 |
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US researchers defend animal testing
US researchers defended animal testing, telling a small group at one of the biggest science conferences in the United States that not doing animal research would be unethical and cost human lives.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Feb 21, 2011 |
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Hep C may benefit from genetic fingerprinting, research says
Genetic fingerprinting may predict who will benefit from early hepatitis C treatment and who will clear the virus spontaneously, new research shows.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Sep 28, 2010 |
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EU gives green light for while-you-wait hepatitis B test
An inexpensive new test for the detection of Hepatitis B virus has been given regulatory approval for use in the European Union. The test, developed with support from the Wellcome Trust, delivers accurate results while-you-wait, ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
May 18, 2010 |
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Patients with cirrhosis and impaired cognitive abilities have more motor vehicle accidents
A recent study by Jasmohan Bajaj, M.D., and colleagues from Virginia Commonwealth University and McGuire VA Medical Center found that patients with cirrhosis of the liver who developed minimal hepatic encephalopathy (MHE) ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Sep 09, 2009 |
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Colo. scrub tech hears charges in hepatitis C case
(AP) -- A Denver hospital said Monday it has asked every patient who had surgery there over a six-month period to come in for a blood test amid allegations that a former technician exposed up to 6,000 people to hepatitis ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jul 07, 2009 |
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Helping doctors ask about drug, alcohol problems
(AP) -- If more doctors started asking, would more drug and alcohol abusers 'fess up so they could get help?
May 04, 2009 |
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Novel economical blood test for hepatitis C
A novel blood test could bring a breakthrough in the battle against the dangerous hepatitis-C virus. This procedure offers a considerably cheaper alternative to the normal commercial tests, whilst maintaining equal sensitivity. ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Feb 11, 2009 |
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