Hepatitis C Testing

Hepatitis Testing Day

May 16, 2013

Sunday, May 19 is the second national Hepatitis Testing Day. The purpose of this day is to promote screening for people who are at risk for viral hepatitis. Hepatitis Testing Day is also an opportunity to educate the public and to increase awareness about viral hepatitis. Millions of Americans have chronic hepatitis; most of them do not [...]

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Hepatitis C and the New Year

January 1, 2013

People have been making New Years’ resolutions as far back as the Romans. Nearly half of all adults make resolutions. While I am not sure what Romans were resolving (no reading while driving a chariot?), I do know that most New Years’ resolutions are health-related. Contrary to popular myth, resolutions are often successful. According to [...]

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Spreading the Word

May 7, 2012

Hepatitis C is killing more people than HIV is. One in 33 people born between 1945 and 1965 has hepatitis C, and most of them are unaware that they have this disease. I don’t know about you. but I know a lot of Baby Boomers. After all this is the largest generation.  My goal is singular and clear: [...]

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Get Tested

May 3, 2012

More than 80% of those with chronic hepatitis C virus infection (HCV) were born from 1945 through 1965. Three out of four people with HCV do not know that they are infected. If you were born from 1945-1965, discuss hepatitis C testing with your medical provider. If you have it, get help. You do not [...]

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