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This issue of HepatitisWATCH News
is the second of a two-part series on HBV and liver cancer in Asian/Pacific Islanders, an important and underserved population in the US. Visionary Health is proud to be a member of the
National Task Force on Hepatitis B: Focus on Asian and Pacific Islander Americans. Its mission is to support national, state, and local efforts to prevent new HBV infections through vaccination, to identify chronically infected individuals, and to offer appropriate treatment and cancer screening. | 
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View and download PDFs now!
“Living with HBV”
is a 1-page pamphlet for patients available in
English, Chinese, Thai and Vietnamese.
The purpose of this pamphlet is to increase awareness of HBV within
these populations and describe its impact on the liver, encouraging HBV
testing, vaccinations and treatment, if necessary.
Reviewed by
Danny Chu, MD,
Punyadech Photangtham, MD
and
Richie Tran, MD
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 Up to
5.25 CME credits available!
The final 3 modules
of this series follows the case-study patient’s management of side
effects while keeping consideration of her substance abuse history;
discusses her end-of-treatment response and post-treatment strategies,
and concludes with her 6-month appointment to confirm whether or not an
SVR was achieved.
The REAL HIV-HCV TREATMENT program is Visionary Health’s newest cutting-edge CME-accredited program for healthcare providers. Through the use of "documentary-style" video and case-study slides, participants will follow an HIV+ patient's journey from liver biopsy to HCV treatment initiation and beyond. |
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04/21/08 |
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| Summary of this week's selected articles 
Hepatitis B Virus Triggers Cell 'Suicide' In Patients With Chronic
Infection (Apr 9, 2008)
Study Looks at Impact of Hepatitis B Disease Progression on Quality of
Life
(Apr 4, 2008)
Has the Time Come for Expanded Off-label Use of Combination Treatment
for Chronic Hepatitis B?
(Mar 21, 2008)
APASL:
Entecavir at Five Years Shows Long Long-Term Maintenance of High Genetic
Barrier to Hepatitis B Virus Resistance
(Mar
25, 2008)
APASL:
BARACLUDE (ENTECAVIR) DATA CONTINUE TO DEMONSTRATE LOW INCIDENCE OF
RESISTANCE THROUGH FIVE YEARS OF TREATMENT IN NUCLEOSIDE-NAIVE CHRONIC
HEPATITIS B PATIENTS (BMS press announcement)
(Mar
25, 2008)
APASL:
Efficacy and Safety of 3 Years Treatment with Entecavir (ETV) in
Japanese Nucleoside-Naive Patients with Chronic Hepatitis B (CHB)
(Mar
25, 2008)
APASL:
Three Years of Continuous Treatment in Chinese
Patients who had Previously Failed Lamivudine: Results from Studies
ETV-056 and ETV-050
(Mar 25, 2008)
UNOS Liver Transplant Waiting List: Is it a Scandal??
(Mar
24, 2008)
EUROPEAN CHMP ISSUES POSITIVE OPINION FOR VIREAD (tenofovir) FOR THE
TREATMENT OF CHRONIC HEPATITIS B
(Mar 20, 2008)
Revised US labeling for darunavir/ritonavir recommends caution for
patients with liver problems
(Mar 12, 2008)
Combination therapy for chronic hepatitis B: Ready for
prime time? Editorial (Mar 10, 2008)
Tenofovir monotherapy is effective in hepatitis B
patients with antiviral treatment failure to adefovir in the absence of
adefovir-resistant mutations (Mar 5, 2008)
Potency of tenofovir in chronic hepatitis B: Mono or
combination therapy? Editorial (Mar 5, 2008)
CDC Warns of Safety Problems at Clinics
(Mar 4, 2008)
Hepatitis C cases in New
York expected to soar in a decade; 1 in 24 New Yorkers have
hepatitis C: 340,000 in NYS
(Mar 31, 2008)
Alcohol, Tobacco, and
Cannabis All May Promote Liver Disease Progression in People
with Chronic Hepatitis C (Mar 28, 2008)
U.S. hepatitis C soars in those over
45
(Mar
26, 2008)
HCV Death Rates 50% Underestimated
(Mar
26, 2008)
UNOS Liver Transplant Waiting List: Is
it a Scandal?
(Mar
24, 2008)
Blood donations down after Las Vegas hepatitis C scare
(Mar
15, 2008)
HCV In Las Vegas- PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS: Lawyers: 100 fear
infection (Mar 10, 2008)
Glucose >100 mg/dl Reduces Interferon/RBV SVR (Mar 10,
2008)
PBMC Not A Reservoir for HCV for Patients Who Clear HCV RNA,
Study Reports (Mar 7, 2008)
Changing trends in hepatitis C-related mortality in the United
States, 1995-2004
(Mar
6, 2008)
FibroScan for Diagnosis of Fibrosis in Patients with Acute Viral
Hepatitis and Recurrent Hepatitis C
(Mar 4,
2008)
CDC Warns of Safety Problems at Clinics
(Mar 4,
2008)
NEW Program REAL HIV-HCV Treatment!!
Altered
Cytokine Levels May Explain More Rapid Liver Fibrosis
Progression in HIV-HCV Coinfected Individuals
(Apr
15, 2008)
New Network Will Send Drug Alerts Instantly to U.S. Doctors via
Email
(Apr 1, 2008)
HIV and hepatitis B co-infection in Africa Reflection and
Reaction
(Mar
20, 2008)
Clinical implications
of HIV and hepatitis B co-infection in Asia and Africa Review
(Mar
20, 2008)
Blood donations down after Las Vegas hepatitis C
scare
(Mar 15, 2008)
Researchers Uncover Clues to How HIV Promotes
Hepatitis C Virus Replication
(Mar 14, 2008)
HCV In Las Vegas- PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS: Lawyers:
100 fear infection (Mar 10, 2008)
CROI:Hepatitis
Flares in HIV-HBV Coinfected Patients Starting HAART May Be Due
to Immune Restoration
(Mar 4, 2008)
CDC Warns of Safety Problems at Clinics
(Mar 4, 2008)
Increasing incidence of acute hepatitis C in
individuals diagnosed with primary HIV in the United Kingdom
Mar 3, 2008)
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