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6/26/2006 2:13:00 PM | Anadys Pharma Dives on Halted Study 
=(0) Anadys Pharmaceuticals has halted a clinical study of a Hepatitis C drug. Although the 17 patients in the study had no adverse effects, new results on animal studies suggested that the drug may overstimulate the immune system. The company's stock was downgraded after the announcement....
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6/21/2006 7:20:00 AM | Japanese state, firm blamed for hepatitis C infection =(0) The government of Japan and drugmaker Mitsubishi Pharma were both found liable for the transmission of Hepatitis C in blood transfusion products, and ordered by a court to pay nine plaintiffs $2.24 million. Only plaintiffs who received blood after August 1985 will be compensated because the risks were not known before then. Tens of thousa...
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6/20/2006 3:20:00 PM | Charles City man sues over tissue used in surgery =(0) An Iowa man is suing Medtronic, Biomedical Tissue Services, and two funeral homes because tissue he received during spinal surgery was not properly screened for disease. This is one of many lawsuits nationwide involving Biomedical Tissue Services of New Jersey, which was recently closed down for using bodies without permission nor screening.&n...
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6/17/2006 8:40:00 AM | Chicago Suit Says Man Got Hepatitis From Stolen Body Tissue =(0) A Chicago man who claims he acquired Hepatitis B from a surgical procedure using stolen body tissue, has filed a lawsuit. The defendants include Biomedical Tissue Services and Medtronic. The suit alleges negligence, failure to screen harvested tissue for disease, and failure to maintain proper documentation.......
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6/13/2006 9:34:00 PM | Patient Learns His Operation Wasn't Sterile =(0) A San Diego hospital, Scripps Green Hospital, has been notifying 82 patients who are at risk of having contracted infections because of inadequately sterilized surgical equipment. This exposes patients to potential infections such as HIV and hepatitis. The hospital is providing blood tests and follow-up, but the patient interviewed for th...
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6/3/2006 4:48:00 AM | Feds close to package on tainted blood cases =(0) The Canadian government is close to announcing a settlement with more victims of the "tainted blood" scandal of the 1980s and 1990s. A previous settlement covered those who contracted Hepatitis C from blood transfusions between 1986 and 1990; the deal to be announced soon covers those infected outside of those years, since it has been shown th...
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6/3/2006 3:07:00 AM | Treating Obesity May Improve The Efficacy Of Therapy For Hepatitis ... =(0) Patients with chronic Hepatitis C will respond better to antiviral treatment if they are not obese, a new study finds. The treatment, a combination of two drugs, only cures about half of patients, and obesity lowers the odds of it working in ways having to do with hormone balance and insulin resistance. Obesity causes a range of metabolic effe...
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5/29/2006 3:04:00 PM | Lawsuit filed against Scarborough Hospital =(0) A hospital in Toronto, Canada faces a class action lawsuit as a result of hepatitis infections allegedly spread during dialysis procedures. Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C have both been found in dialysis patients from the Scarborough Hospital, and 400 have been contacted for testing. Unfortunately the lead plaintiff died only days after comm...
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5/25/2006 12:14:00 PM | US beachgoers at health risk from polluted ocean water =(0) The National Resources Defense Council in the US has served the Environmental Protection Agency with a notice of intent to sue, concerning pollution at the nation's beaches. The EPA was supposed to have revised water quality standards by October 2005, but now says it won't be able to do that until 2011. The lawsuit aims to force the EPA t...
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5/24/2006 7:14:00 PM | Hospital faces lawsuit =(0) A hospital and nursing home in Neshoba, Mississippi faces a lawsuit by relatives of two women who died there allegedly as a result of a hepatitis outbreak in 2003. Fifteen of the home's patients tested positive for Hepatitis B after an instrument used to prick fingers for blood tests was found to have been reused many times without sterilizati...
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5/24/2006 9:31:00 AM | Acetaminophen Linked to Acute Liver Failure in Acute Hepatitis ... =(0) People who are coming down with viral hepatitis (A or B) might experience flu-like symptoms at first, and take medication containing acetaminophen, the active ingredient in pain killers such as Tylenol, and the pain killer and fever reducer in many cold and flu formulas such as Nyquil. However in cases of Hepatitis, acetaminophen can form toxi...
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5/19/2006 10:39:00 AM | FDA Wants Warning on Ketek =(0) The FDA has requested that drugmaker Sanofi-Aventis apply a strong warning label to its antibiotic Ketek. The drug, approved in the U.S. in 2004, is used to treat infections such as bronchitis and pneumonia and has been implicated in 12 cases of liver failure including 4 deaths. Furthermore, the incidence of liver complications observed i...
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4/29/2006 7:17:00 PM | Tainted blood victims 'were not informed' =(0) People who received blood transfusions in the UK during the 1970s and 1980s may have been infected with Hepatitis and HIV because donor screening only began in 1991. However it was recently revealed that efforts to inform these patients have fallen short, resulting in delay of treatment and the risk of passing on the infections. Hepatitis infe...
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4/29/2006 3:20:00 AM | VA biopsies could have infected men =(0) Over 20,000 Veterans who have undergone prostate biopsies with a specific instrument, the "B-K Medical transrectal ultrasound transducer", have been contacted because sterilization of that equipment may have been inadequate, leading to risk of Hepatitis, HIV and other infections. Those affected can be tested for no cost. Only 16 of the V...
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4/25/2006 6:52:00 AM | Woman launches class action suit after eardrum surgery =(0) A Vancouver B.C. woman has started the process for a class-action lawsuit against various defendants including a hospital and an ear bank. The woman had surgery on her eardrums after they were damaged during an airplane flight. The surgery involved donor cadaver tissue from an ear bank that has since been revealed as negligent in record-keepin...
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4/20/2006 4:04:00 AM | Loblaws settles hepatitis lawsuit =(0) A large Canadian grocery chain has settled its class-action lawsuit for much more than it would have cost to have handled the situation without angering customers in the first place. In the summer of 2002, an employee in the produce section of one of the Toronto stores came down with Hepatitis A, prompting a health scare. Two customers caught ...
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3/28/2006 10:32:00 PM | New vaccine preservative proves harmful =(0) Preservatives in vaccines continue to cause alarm, after a new study suggests that aluminum hydroxide, now used in vaccines for Hepatitis, Meningitis and some childhood diseases, may cause nerve damage. The study, using mice, was part of a follow up on Gulf Syndrome research involving the anthrax vaccine given to servicemen during the First Gulf Wa...
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3/28/2006 8:16:00 PM | W.Va. residents file lawsuits in body parts scandal =(0) Two West Virginia residents filed lawsuits against Biomedical Tissue Services of Fort Lee, N.J. and their distributors for selling unauthorized body parts used in the plaintiffs' surgeries. The allegations are part of a wider scandal involving stolen cadavers and tissue that was not screened for diseases including HIV and Hepatitis.............
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3/28/2006 3:26:00 AM | Understanding the possible complications of body piercings =(0) This article, written by a doctor, outlines the safest ways to obtain and care for body piercings including how to choose the facility that performs the piercing and how to care for the affected area. If the instrument used in the piercing is re-used with others, diseases such as HIV and Hepatitis may be transmitted. The story outlines possible com...
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3/22/2006 6:03:00 PM | Man claims he got hepatitis through illegally harvested tissue =(0) A Nebraska man who received stolen, unscreened tissue in the course of back surgery, alleges that he contracted Hepatitis B and C from the procedure and has filed suit against Biomedical Tissue Service Ltd. and related companies. This is part of the stolen body parts scandal in which thousands may have received illegal tissue and would be at risk ...
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