World Hepatitis Day: effective but rationed drugs
© iStockPhotosOn the occasion of World Hepatitis Day, launched at the initiative of the World Health Organization (WHO) to raise ...
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Hepatitis C: the number of cases has tripled in 5 years in the United States
© iStockPhotosThe new report from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows that case of hepatitis C ...
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Hepatitis E: 10% of sausages are contaminated in Great Britain
© iStockphotoNew health scandalprominent in the UK. In one year, the cases ofhepatitis E causing death exploded by 40%. Hepatitis ...
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Hepatitis C: therapeutic progress is confirmed
Clinical trials to treat hepatitis C with new antiviral drugs had shown excellent results. "They are confirmed in real life", ...
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Hepatitis C: a campaign to raise awareness of the disease
© DR 80% of French people feel ill-informed about hepatitis C, according to a recent Ifop survey for the Janssen ...
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Court links hepatitis B vaccine to muscle disease
© ThinkstockShe has been battling a debilitating disease for 15 years. Vaccinated in 1993 and 1999 againstHepatitis B as part ...
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Hepatitis: 10 million Europeans are affected
The figures from the European Center for Disease Prevention (ECDC) are alarming. 10 million Europeans are affected by hepatitis B ...
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Hepatitis B screening: rapid tests would make it possible to screen populations at risk
© iStockPhotosMore than half (55%) of the 280,000 people affected hepatitis B in France would not know that they are ...
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Hepatitis C screening should be generalized
© GettyImagesA universal screening strategy applied toHepatitis C would be cost-effective and improve life expectancy in infected people, compared to ...
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Hepatitis C: the HAS defines the role of new treatments
Hepatitis It would affect 400,000 people in France, but a certain number of patients are unaware that they are infected. ...
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Viral hepatitis kills more than AIDS
Hepatitis kills more than AIDS, according to the results of a study published in the medical journal The Lancet. The ...
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Hepatitis C: soon the eradication of the disease
The availability of a new generation of active antiviral drugs heralds a revolution in the treatment of people with chronic ...
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Hepatitis B: a decrease in the number of declared cases
© Getty ImagesAcute hepatitis Bis one of the "notifiable" diseases. This was set up in 2003 in order to monitor ...
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Hepatitis B: parents wary of vaccination
In France, not all children are vaccinated against hepatitis B, according to the results of a survey published in the ...
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Hepatitis C: all patients will benefit from new treatments
© fotoliaSo far, only the most seriously ill patients with hepatitis C(those with hepatic fibrosis of a grade higher than ...
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Hepatitis C: when will generalized screening be expected?
© iStockPhotosOn the occasion of its Scientific Days, which will be held in early October, the French Society of Hepatology ...
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Hepatitis C: European ministers in the fight against the price of Solvaldi treatment
© HemeraSolvaldi is a medicine prescribed forHepatitis C, which guarantees a 90% chance of recovery, since 9 out of 10 ...
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Hepatitis C: towards treatment for all patients?
© ThinkstockThe scientific and medical victory is total. Since January 2014, a new family of antiviral treatments has been available ...
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Hepatitis: progress to be made on screening and vaccination
© HemeraFrance lacks ambition in its strategy to fight hepatitis B and C, which claims 4,000 victims each year. In ...
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Hepatitis C: more than 3 million screening tests per year
© iStockPhotosScreening recommendations for hepatitis C have evolved in recent years. In 2014, the recommendations that previously targeted people at ...
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Poisoning: mushroom alert
During the last two weeks of September, the number of poisonings from poisonous mushroom species exploded in France: 181 were ...
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Funeral care: HIV-positive people now have access
The Minister of Health on Thursday signed a decree lifting the ban, as of January 1, 2018. The appeal of ...
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Hepatitis: more than a million deaths in 2015
The vast majority of people with hepatitis are neither screened nor treated, notes the WHO, which delivers new data and ...
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HIV, hepatitis, syphilis … Breast milk is dangerous for adults
© ThinkstockIn October 2013, France has banned the sale of breast milk in shops and on the Internet. Now, in ...
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AIDS: Prof. François Dabis takes the head of the ANRS
Prof. Dabis will replace Prof. Delfraissy at the head of the Inserm agency responsible for research into AIDS and hepatitis.The ...
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Hepatitis C: Blueberry leaves could cure it
A team from Miyazaki University in Japan has identified a substance, proanthocyanidin, similar to what is found in wine and ...
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Hepatitis B: who to vaccinate first?
© iStockPhotosSince the start of the year, France, like many other countries, has had to face difficulties in the supply ...
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Sedentary lifestyle increases hepatitis
Studies agree to recall that a sedentary lifestyle is harmful to health. This new survey reveals that sitting too long ...
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Hepatitis E: soon a saliva test
© ThinkstockA saliva test developed by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health is said to be ...
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Young girl develops hepatitis from green tea
© thinkstockA young girl developed hepatitis after drinking three cups of green tea a day. The 16-year-old girl went to ...
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