CNN's Elizabeth Cohen reports on an outbreak of the disease involving a suspected "serial infector."
Hospitals in at least eight states want to know how many hundreds or thousands of their patients have come in contact with a lab technician accused of spreading hepatitis C.
A former medical technician was arrested on Thursday in connection with a hepatitis C outbreak at a hospital in Exeter, New Hampshire, a federal prosecutor announced.
Public health officials urged Wednesday that anyone who may have been treated at a hospital's heart lab in southeastern New Hampshire since October 1, 2010, be tested for a virus that can cause liver disease.
It's a "silent epidemic," an "unrecognized health crisis," according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. And it's affecting 2.1 million baby boomers in the United States.
Former heavyweight boxing champion Joe Frazier died Monday, shortly after announcing he had liver cancer.
Boxing great Joe Frazier was laid to rest Monday in Philadelphia, one week after dying of liver cancer and four decades after capturing the world's attention in an epic showdown with Muhammad Ali.
Dr. Otis Brawley looks at whether there's a link between liver cysts and cancer, plus more.
The first time Wilson Alvarado got lost on the way to a neighborhood park, he told his wife, Patricia, not to worry about it -- he was 62, he told her, and just getting a little forgetful.
Nine Ohio veterans have tested positive for hepatitis after undergoing routine dental work at a Dayton clinic, according to Ohio Veterans Affairs Communications Officer Todd Sledge.
I have been sick for two weeks and my doctor said I have jaundice from mono. I got my belly button pierced on spring break in Mexico and I'm worried. Could my jaundice be from hepatitis C or HIV instead?
Hundreds of people might have been exposed to hepatitis A while receiving communion on Christmas Day, Long Island officials said Monday.
There is no getting around Mouphtaou Yarou's size. All conversations about the Villanova center begin there, with what is now a 6-foot-9, 250-pound frame that anchors the post for a Wildcats team known more for its traditionally stellar guards. That big body is the reason why he is here. Yarou's older brother suggested he switch from being the biggest striker on the soccer pitch to joining him on the basketball court back home in the small West African country of Benin. It's the first thing coaches say they noticed about Yarou, the way his physical presence controls the paint. "Just the power," said Stu Vetter, who coached him as a senior at Montrose Christian School in Maryland, "the sheer power of his inside play."
A girl taken to a clinic for a skin rash had to be treated with a drug cocktail to prevent HIV and hepatitis after she was accidentally pricked by contaminated needles on the floor, according to the attorney for the family.
The bounce in your step has become a plod. Climbing stairs feels like summiting Mount Everest. Your brain's mired in fog. Whatever your personal energy crisis might be, it's time to act.
The House Committee on Veterans' Affairs will hold a hearing Tuesday afternoon into the safety lapses at the John Cochran VA Medical Center in Missouri.
One lawmaker calls for an investigation into a VA hospital that may have exposed vets to HIV and hepatitis.
A Missouri VA hospital is under fire because it may have exposed more than 1,800 veterans to life-threatening diseases such as hepatitis and HIV.
Rock and blues icon Gregg Allman has a new liver to replace the organ destroyed by hepatitis, a statement from his publicist said Wednesday.
Are cysts on the liver necessarily cancerous?
Hi, I'm 55 and have high cholesterol. I've been on Lipitor, Zocor and Provacol. They have tested me several times in recent years, and the statin drugs are messing up my liver enzymes. My new doctor is planning on putting me on Zetia. Now I'm hearing there are concerns about Zetia. Do you know what they are concerned about?
'My story of C'
updated: Mon Dec 28 2009 06:34:00
British teenager Jazzy De Lizzer is trying to raise awareness of hepatitis-C, a disease she suffers from.
Recently named London's "It Girl" by society magazine Vanity Fair, 18-year-old Jazzy de Lisser is said to have it all. She is beautiful and affluent, her best friends include Sting's daughter, Coco Sumner, and she is often compared to another famous British trend-setter, Kate Moss.
Carole Grant doesn't really trust medical doctors. She never has. Whenever she has had a health issue, she has headed straight for an herbalist, acupuncturist or other "natural" healer.
Nineteen former patients at a Denver, Colorado, hospital have tested positive for hepatitis C, federal prosecutors said Thursday as they announced new charges against a former hospital employee accused of exposing the patients to the virus.
I'm a 29-year-old male who recently went to the doctor for a routine physical and was told my liver enzymes (AST specifically) were very high. My doctor immediately diagnosed it as a drinking problem and told me to cut back. The problem is, I don't really drink a whole lot. I do admit to the weekly happy hours at the end of the week where I sometimes drink more than I should, but it certainly is not a daily habit. (I don't even have any beer or liquor in my house.) I had happened to be out drinking a few nights before my blood test, and I read that strenuous exercise can also cause this. (I've run two marathons, and I am currently training for another.) Should I get another opinion or just simply cut back on the drinking?
A former hospital employee may have exposed hundreds, or even thousands, of surgical patients to hepatitis C after taking their fentanyl injections and replacing them with used syringes filled with saline solution, authorities say.
A former hospital employee may have exposed hundreds, or even thousands, of surgical patients to hepatitis C after taking their fentanyl injections and replacing them with used syringes filled with saline solution, authorities say.
What a muddled mess the heavyweight division has become. Four recognized titles. Five, if you count Ring Magazine. Champions. Champions in Recess. Champions Emeritus. Sanctioning bodies manipulating their rankings (have you seen WBA No. 1 contender John Ruiz recently?) just to squeeze out a few extra dollars. And the only cost is the integrity of the sport.
In what a relative calls a "devastating" week, Cole had to leave her dying sister to receive a donor kidney
The singer is "resting comfortably" after receiving a donor organ on Tuesday, says her rep
Hydroxycut products, popular dietary supplements used for weight loss, have been linked to liver damage and are being recalled, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Friday.
The FDA has recommended that dietary supplement Hydroxycut be recalled. CNN's Elizabeth Cohen reports.
Over-the-counter painkillers and fever reducers will now carry new labels warning consumers of the potential risks of liver damage and internal bleeding associated with the drugs, according to a final ruling Tuesday by the Food and Drug Administration.
An investigation into dirty colonoscopy instruments turns up one HIV positive veteran. Judy Fortin reports.
The Department of Veterans Affairs has launched an investigation into whether there is a connection between improperly sterilized endoscopy equipment and a veteran's positive HIV test.
The death toll from an outbreak of hepatitis B in India's western Gujarat state reached 38 on Sunday as authorities prepared to begin a vaccination drive against the disease.
Authorities were carrying out raids at medical stores in India's western Gujarat state for bogus drugs and recycled syringes after a hepatitis B outbreak left 32 people dead, officials said Saturday.
Twenty-nine people have died in a hepatitis B outbreak in western India over the past two weeks, officials said Friday.
Health officials in India's Gujarat state are investigating a hepatitis outbreak that has left 19 people dead in less than two weeks, authorities said Wednesday.
I am a 28-year-old male, about 5 feet 9 and 235 pounds. Most of the extra weight is in the midsection. I do exercise three to four times weekly, but I love to eat. My question is, I have had elevated liver enzymes on and off (usually on) for about three years. During my four years of college, I drank A LOT of alcohol. I would say about 12 drinks a day, every day for four years. I still drink a day or two a month (and yes to the point of intoxication). I know this is not a good behavior and has its dangers. But I would like to know how likely it would be that I have already started liver cirrhosis from my drinking. Any advice on anything above would help. Thank you all very much.
Four patients who received organ transplants in 2007 were found to have HIV and hepatitis C. Both infections came from the organ donor, who had tested negative for both illnesses. This was the first time that donated organs had infected their recipients with both HIV and hepatitis C, and the first time in 21 years an HIV infection has been transmitted in this way, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The singer is back home in Los Angeles and "doing pretty well," says her rep
The Grammy-winner is recuperating in New York after suffering a setback in her hepatitis C treatment
In a new and disturbing twist on the obesity epidemic, some overweight teenagers have severe liver damage caused by too much body fat, and a handful have needed liver transplants
To help stem the spread of the HIV epidemic, public health officials are making a renewed effort to reach out to closeted gay men in oppressive societies
They sit inside the Saint Mary High gym, a musty brick building in Rutherford, N.J. The previous Friday, it was a similar edifice in nearby Clifton; the Thursday before that, St. Joe's in Montvale. After nearly two years of waiting for these February mornings -- all three of them here, alive, together -- Jim Lombard, 45, can't help but look at his two sons and exhale.
Grammy-winning singer Natalie Cole has been diagnosed with hepatitis C, her publicist said in a statement Wednesday
The Grammy-winning singer is responding well to treatment and is "virus negative," her doctor confirms
Both aggressive and hard to treat, liver cancer kills more than 650,000 a year worldwide. The American Cancer Society pegs the overall survival rate at less than 10%. Enter Aura Biosciences, a student startup that has developed an ingenious new means of delivering cancer-killing drugs to liver (and other) tumors.
CNN Medical Correspondent Elizabeth Cohen answers questions about vaccines for babies.
Five years ago, Kathye Petters-Armitage's first child received the exact vaccinations on the exact schedule recommended by her pediatrician.
The Aerosmith frontman is said to be seeking treatment a California facility
A humanitarian mission to help hostages held by Colombian rebels began as a hostage's son said his mother needs a blood transfusion, French President Nicolas Sarkozy's office said Wednesday.
Plus: Slash digs Kanye, Remy Ma convicted and Allman Brothers postpone shows
At least 15 military service members or their relatives are believed to have been infected with hepatitis by a nurse suspected of stealing their painkillers during surgery
At least 15 military service members or their relatives are believed to have been infected with hepatitis by a nurse suspected of stealing their painkillers
Hepatitis scareupdated: Fri Feb 29 2008 13:31:00
Sloppy practices at a health clinic may have put thousands at risk for hepatitis and HIV. CNN's Elizabeth Cohen reports.
A clinic may have infected a handful of patients with hepatitis C -- but about 40,000 more should be tested for that virus, as well as for HIV, health officials said Wednesday
A new study shows that immunizations have prevented a record number of deaths in the U.S. So, what's the fuss over vaccines?
Health Minute: Hepatitis C
The power went out at Hammersmith Hospital just a few minutes after I started chatting with Sunil Shaunak, a professor who specializes in drug discovery for infectious diseases.
About 4,000 customers could be at risk after a worker at a Jamba Juice store in San Jose, California, developed hepatitis A, the chief medical officer for Santa Clara County said Thursday.
The Pulse: Health news for you
Schering-Plough Corp. said Monday that second-quarter earnings rose sharply, fueled by growing demand for its Zetia and Vytorin cholesterol drugs and treatments for arthritis and allergies.
The liver is a hardy organ but it's prone to abuse. Most people think their livers can cope with regular alcohol consumption, fatty food and a sedentary lifestyle, but liver disease is on the rise in the UK and its sufferers are getting younger.
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Letters are on the way to 4,500 patients of an anesthesiologist who is suspected of infecting three people with hepatitis C last August, the New York City Health Department says.
For the first time, doctors said Monday they have found a pill that improves survival for people with liver cancer, a notoriously hard to treat disease diagnosed in more than half a million people globally each year
CNNMoney: Stocks knocked backupdated: Mon Feb 12 2007 17:28:00
Stocks slipped Monday as falling oil prices and a rash of corporate deals failed to rally investors concerned about reports on housing and testimony from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke due later this week.
Stocks slipped Monday afternoon as falling oil prices and a rash of corporate deals failed to inspire investors ahead of reports on housing and testimony from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke due later this week.
Stocks tumbled Monday afternoon, as a rash of corporate deals and a big selloff in oil prices failed to inspire investors ahead of key reports on housing and retail and testimony from Fed chief Ben Bernanke - all due later this week.
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. on Thursday said third-quarter earnings fell as sales of its anti-clotting drug Plavix and other drugs were hurt by competition from cheaper generics.
Vertex Pharmaceuticals, a small biotech, and its marketing partner Johnson & Johnson stand to gain billions of dollars in annual sales if their experimental hepatitis drug is successful, analysts say.
The late Marjorie Williams was honest about others, and with herself.
The stock price for Vertex Pharmaceuticals surged following an upgrade from J.P. Morgan on Friday, as the small drug maker moves ahead with testing on an experimental treatment for hepatitis C.
Fortune: How disease evolvesupdated: Mon May 16 2005 00:01:00
BACK WHEN HE WAS A GRAD STUDENT IN 1977, Paul Ewald came down with an intestinal bug. He'd been doing research at the University of Washington at Seattle on the social behavior of sparrows. But the...
Bristol-Myers Squibb, which reports earnings on Thursday, is feeling the familiar sting of patent loss, though analysts said the company's robust pipeline could make it a promising long-term investment.
Poor countries have cancer rates much closer to those of rich nations, reversing a long-held belief among medical researchers, a study released Thursday reports.
Getting organized for a trip overseas can be a stressful experience. There are passports, visas and tickets to arrange, accommodations to book, prescriptions to fill and pet sitters to hire -- and, if you're headed to a developing country, doctors to see.
FSB: Drug Moneyupdated: Sat May 01 2004 00:01:00
Blue-Chip Investors are rallying behind tiny Eximias Pharmaceutical Corp., which has spent four years developing a new chemotherapy drug for liver cancer (see "The Miracle Hunter," in February's FS...
Americans claim to be savvy about sexually transmitted diseases, but knowing a few facts is not keeping them from taking many risks, according to a national survey.
For Ernest Lynton, the diagnosis was a death sentence. He had cancer of the pancreas, a disease so lethal that he would be lucky to live six months. Surgery had failed--the tumor was too large--and...
If a patient is suffering from progressive primary biliary cirrhosis, a fatal liver disease, there are two possible scenarios: (1) He dies, which until not long ago was the only outcome; (2) He re...
Anthrax is today's big story. Tomorrow's could be smallpox--a highly contagious disease that's fatal 30% of the time. There's no treatment for smallpox. The good news, such as it is, is this: If a ...
Fortune: A Banana a Day...updated: Mon May 14 2001 00:01:00
Charles Arntzen, white-haired and engaging, has dropped in on the vaccine research project he brought to Cornell's Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research back in the mid-'90s. He runs from mee...
Fortune: To Your Health?updated: Mon Jan 08 2001 00:01:00
By now, most people know that the French have a low risk of heart disease despite their high-fat diet. It's called the French paradox, and it's widely believed to result from their generous consump...
Fortune: Looking for Troubleupdated: Mon Nov 27 2000 00:01:00
Once or twice a week I get a call from a patient who's just heard about a new early-warning test for cancer, heart disease, or some other serious condition and wants to know why my office hasn't ca...
It's a blood-borne disease, transmitted through transfusions, sex, and shared needles. And it's a silent disease; people can go years before developing any symptoms.
Five years ago, Pierre and Laura Somerhausen enjoyed a lifestyle that Robin Leach might have fawned over on his Rich and Famous TV show. Pierre was making $80,000 a year for just seven months of se...
Forget about price/earnings ratios. Forget about book value, hidden assets, or other traditional measures of value. Instead, think about potential, about sky's-the-limit growth. If that kind of inv...
METHYLENE CHLORIDE IS used in a slew of industrial processes, from making handlebar grips and hair spray to coating pills and taking the caffeine out of coffee beans. It strips paint without damagi...
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