For years Kilbane says she suffered with headaches, nausea and debilitating fatigue as a result of hepatitis, but she was too ashamed and afraid to seek treatment. Plus, the treatments she was aware ...

Hepatitis C infection. Computer illustration showing liver and close-up view of hepatitis C viruses. Studies show that mortality, morbidity, and hepatic decompensation risks increase with coinfection ...

Patients with hepatitis C should consider being vaccinated again for hepatitis B, because their immune response to the initial shot may be inadequate, a new study suggests. Researchers at the ...

Michael Mendez said that when learned he had hepatitis C, “I didn’t even know what it was.” Mendez, 47, had been homeless for years in Los Angeles, and said he hadn’t gone to a doctor the entire time ...

The Kaiser Permanente Hawaii Viral Hepatitis Clinic reached a milestone by curing its 1,000th patient of hepatitis C. “It’s a very satisfying thing to make that call and tell someone they’re cured,” ...

Researchers report that patients with chronic hepatitis C who are treated with direct-acting antiviral medicines are less likely to be hospitalized or seek emergency care for liver and non-liver ...

More than half of donor kidneys in the United State infected with hepatitis C are thrown away, despite the need among hepatitis C patients who may die waiting for an infection-free organ, Johns ...

The patient had porphyria cutanea tarda (PCT), a cutaneous disease that results from alteration in the pathway of heme synthesis. Three types of PCT are recognized. Types 1 and 2, which account for ...

There’s a highly effective and often curative treatment for people with hepatitis C, but less than a third of insured patients get it within a year of diagnosis, according to a new study. The ...

Recently published research from the University of Minnesota Medical School suggests individuals with hepatitis C should consider revaccination for hepatitis B. The study was published in the Journal ...