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Frequency: Monthly
Issue Date: April 28, 2016
Hep C Awareness Brief curates and provides you with informative articles from some of the most authoritative names in health information on the specialty of infectious disease, focusing on hepatitis C. May is Hepatitis Awareness Month. You will receive a weekly briefing during the entire month of May.
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April 2016 (HealthDay News) Article Hepatitis C Found to Up Odds for Certain Head and Neck Cancers Hepatitis C may increase the risk for certain types of head and neck cancers, according to a study published online April 13 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. |
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March 2016 (Medical News Today) Article HIV and hepatitis C co-infect over 2 million people worldwide More than half of this co-infected population includes 1.3 million people who inject drugs (PWID), say researchers from the University of Bristol and the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine – both in the UK – who report their work in The Lancet Infectious Diseases. |
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March 2016 (Discovery Medicine) Systematic Review – Full Text Burkitt lymphoma, an aggressive form of B-cell NHL involving translocation of the MYC gene and an immunoglobulin gene has been associated with a history of eczema, hepatitis C, and occupation as a cleaner. |
