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Genetic factors may increase liver damage risk in chronic hepatitis B pati
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA] July 28(ANI): Genetic variations may increase the risk of severe liver damage in Caucasians with chronic hepatitis B infection, a new study has found.
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Find the missing millions: India against chronic viral hepatitis
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Mumbai [India], July 27 (ANI-BusinessWireIndia): Viral hepatitis is a leading cause of death worldwide (1.46 million deaths, a toll higher than that from HIV, tuberculosis or malaria, and on the increase since 1990).
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'Delhi needs to follow Andhra policy on Auto Disable syringes'
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 2 (ANI): Andhra Pradesh is the first state in India to have come out with a policy around Auto Disable (AD) syringes. In the national capital, many of the central government hospitals are already using the Re-Use Prevention (RUP) syringes though the proportion of thei
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UP's Shamli deprived of clean drinking water
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Shamli (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Apr. 29 (ANI): Due to the contaminated water of Shamli's Kairana Meat Plant, there is panic in the public with the wrath of Hepatitis C and cancer gripping people in the village.
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New weapon in fight against hepatitis C infection
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Apr 13 (ANI): Mass treatment of a population with chronic hepatitis C infection has produced high rates of cure, according to a study.
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Eliminating viral hepatitis amongst children is need of the hour
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Nov 3 (ANI): Viral hepatitis is a global health problem. Researchers suggest without abolishing it in children, its elimination will be impossible.
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Aspirin a day may keep liver cancer away
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington D.C [USA], October 21 (ANI): Taking aspirin daily can reduce the risk of liver cancer, a new study suggested.
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Hepatitis A outbreak: State of emergency declared in California
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Los Angeles [USA] Oct. 14 (ANI): California Governor Jerry Brown declared a state of emergency in the wake of hepatitis A outbreak which has claimed at least 18 lives in the state till now.
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3 cups of coffee a day keep HIV death risk at bay
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Sep 26 (ANI): Drinking at least three cups of coffee and not smoking daily may half the risk of mortality in patients infected by both human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV).
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Monsoon is fraught with Hepatitis Infection risks
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 29 (ANI): En masse hepatitis infection is wide spread during monsoon. Thankfully, mostly they are not fatal variety of hepatitis. They caused by viruses through contaminated food and water we consume. If we consume them outside, chances of hepatitis infection is very
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World Hepatitis Day: Study suggests hepatitis C infection most common in N
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 28 (ANI): An analysis done by SRL Diagnostics, a diagnostic chain in India, on Viral Hepatitis (A, B, C, E) testing done in its laboratories revealed that Hepatitis C Virus infection was most common in the Northern states of India when compared with other parts of th
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World Hepatitis Day: Hepatitis can be a cause of infertility in males
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 28 (ANI): As per recent statistics, about 400 million people around the world are living with Hepatitis B or C. Of these, 52 million are in India alone. Hepatitis causes inflammation of the liver, further leading to serious scarring (cirrhosis), which can prove fatal
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