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Articles Tagged With: HCV

  • Know HCV Status to Take Effective New Medicines

    The prevalence of hepatitis C virus infection is significantly higher in healthcare workers than in the general population. Healthcare workers could access effective medications with few side effects by testing for the virus and pursuing treatment. However, high costs and insurance barriers hinder these efforts.

  • HCV: The Cure Is Here, but Thousands Still Dying

    About 2 million people in the United States are living with an infectious disease that has been curable for a decade but remains the leading cause of liver cancer and kills about 15,000 people annually: hepatitis C.

  • Hepatitis C Infection for Primary Care Providers

    Hepatitis C virus (HCV) can cause both acute and chronic hepatitis. Most people are asymptomatic, but for the majority of patients who become infected with hepatitis C, it becomes a long-term, chronic infection. The best way to prevent hepatitis C is by avoiding behaviors that can spread the disease, especially injection drug use, as there is no vaccine for HCV. With the forefront of direct-acting antiviral (DAA) agents, people can now be cured from HCV infection.

  • NC nurses examining policy on assisting in executions

    Physician groups' opposition to doctors participating in death penalty executions has put a moratorium on prisoner executions in North Carolina for nearly a year, and now a group of nurses are following the lead of their state's physician licensing board.
  • Texas works to defuse hostility over futility law

    A 19-month-old toddler with no hope for recovery became the center for the most recent debate over laws on futility, but now that little Emilio Gonzales has died (May 19, 2007), the state of Texas continues to wrestle with what to do with its advance directives act.
  • Medicaid documentation causing health center problems

    A project to assess the impact on community health centers of recent Deficit Reduction Act changes that require Medicaid applicants and recipients to document their citizenship, legal U.S. residence, and personal identity has found significant adverse effects in terms of coverage disruptions and loss of Medicaid income.
  • Full July 1, 2007 Issue in PDF

  • Multi-Drug Resistant Bacteria: Implications for the Emergency Physician

    The authors of this issue discuss three types of drug-resistant bacteria that can colonize or infect emergency department patients. Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and, to a lesser extent, vancomycin-resistant enterococci are known to most emergency physicians.
  • WHO unveils patient strategies to redesign care

    The World Health Organization (WHO) has published nine strategies aimed at assisting member states in the redesign care process to prevent human errors in patient care. The strategies, developed by WHO's Collaborating Centre for Patient Safety Solutions, include: