WHO Issues Guidelines for Hepatitis C Treatment
The new guidelines provide recommendations on screening for hepatitis C infection, on medical care to slow the progress of the disease and on safe and effective treatments to cure chronic hepatitis C infection. They also suggest measures that can be …
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Insurers prodded to cover early addiction services
Preventing addiction is the cheapest and most effective way to curb drug abuse in Vermont, health officials say, but they are struggling with the fact that insurance doesn't cover those costs. Early screening – to catch drug dependence early — and …
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Experimental drug shows promise for treatment-resistant leukemias
Research in mice and human cell lines has identified an experimental compound dubbed TTT-3002 as potentially one of the most potent drugs available to block genetic mutations in cancer cells blamed for some forms of treatment-resistant leukemia …
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