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Out for blood? For routine lab work, the hospital billed her $2,400“Reesha Ahmed was on cloud nine. It was January and Ahmed was at an OB-GYN's office near her home in Venus, Texas, for her first prenatal checkup. After an ultrasound, getting anti-nausea medication,...

Earlier Testing of Infants With Perinatal Hepatitis C Exposure: A Key Step Toward Elimination“Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection continues to be a major national public health problem and is targeted for domestic and global elimination. Driven by the ongoing opioid...

There's A Real Chance To Stop This Miserable, Fatal Infection“Dying from hepatitis C is a notoriously miserable way to go. The virus attacks your liver ― in many cases, destroying its ability to make proteins and filter blood. You might not notice at first, because it...

Surveys show providers and patients increasingly endorse ‘whole-person’ integrative care“It has taken decades, but with each passing year, integrative health care is marching more squarely into the mainstream of American medicine. Countless millions of patients have...

Nursing’s Team of the Year 2023: ‘We don’t give up on anyone’“How a nurse-led project at an inner-city addiction centre was able to achieve micro-elimination of hepatitis C among a marginalised patient group” Government of Canada supports community-based projects to...

5 things to expect after finishing chemotherapy“f you’re receiving chemotherapy as a part of your cancer treatment, you’ve probably already figured out ways to make it a little more manageable. Maybe you carry around peppermints to stave off nausea or bring warm socks...

Community-Based, Point-of-Diagnosis Hepatitis C Treatment Improves Outcomes“People experiencing homelessness and people who inject drugs (PWID) achieved successful hepatitis C virus (HCV) treatment outcomes and sustained virologic response (SVR) 12 weeks after...

Individuals with genetic predisposition for physical activity have fewer cardiovascular risk factors“In a study conducted at the University of Jyväskylä's Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences, it was found that individuals with a genetic predisposition for higher...

Most US Adults With Hepatitis C Unaware of Infection, Study Finds“Patients being unaware of their hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is preventing the World Health Organization (WHO) from accomplishing its goal of eliminating HCV and hepatitis B virus as public threats...

Sitting is the New Smoking“Sedentary behavior or insufficient physical activity can negatively impact an individual's physical and mental health. It can potentially increase the risk of many non-communicable diseases, including cardiometabolic disorders.” Clinical...