http://hcop.org/blog Tue, 11 Mar 2008 17:52:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en So, we now know that a residual and potentially toxic soup of pharmaceuticals is in the drinking water of cities across the country. Many pharmaceuticals, we can safely assume, are contraindicated for those with liver disease. People with undiagnosed (and diagnosed) liver disease drink in this water over years. We wonder why their liver ... http://hcop.org/blog/2008/03/11/drugged-waterconnecting-dots/ http://www.lasvegassun.com/blogs/ralstons-flash/2008/mar/07/states-epidemiologist-speaks-out-health-scare/   These comments by the epidemiologist are in need of revisiting.  I offer the services of our unbiased, non pharmaceutical industry funded charitable organization to get to the heart of this matter. I absolutely know my team can untangle this knot. We are the first organization dedicated to hepatitis C in the world ... http://hcop.org/blog/2008/03/11/las-vegas/    This is a blog from www.bizmology.com For links and comments, please visit bizmology and tell Kristi what you think of all the "off labels" marketing that has been going on all these years in the hep community, where the treatment has risks for those with underlying heart problems. Kristi is my ... http://hcop.org/blog/2008/03/10/another-round-of-questions-about-amgen%e2%80%99s-anemia-drugs/ I am heartened that the FDA is cracking down on practices related to drug approvals (you know, looking behind the curtain of so-called "research studies.") and direct to doctor and direct to consumer marketing. I hope it is the harbinger of things to come. Now comes Mr. Jarvik. He does not ... http://hcop.org/blog/2008/02/28/tell-your-doctor-if-you-have-liver-disease/ Anderson remark makes some docs  sick Pamela Anderson's comments that her liver is improving but she only has 10-15 years to live isn't sitting well with some hepatitis C experts.   By Stephen M. Silverman Originally posted Thursday October 23, 2003 12:00 PM EDT Pamela Anderson, who jumped the waves on TV's "Baywatch," is now making waves in ... http://hcop.org/blog/2008/02/14/pamela-anderson-role-model-for-hepatitis-c-patientsnot/ I, finally, have more company after 15 years of blowing the whistle about hepatitis C in young people. Anyone who wants to check on my repeated attempts to draw attention to this can easily do a google search or just ask anyone in the field. It has been an elephant in the ... http://hcop.org/blog/2008/01/09/college-students-and-hep-c/ Once more a person suggested that if only a celebrity came forward and spoke out about hepatitis c, we would advance the cause significantly.  The "What if it were me?" thought prompts many celebrities to pump up the volume for research into diseases like AIDS, breast and prostate cancer as a ... http://hcop.org/blog/2007/12/17/celebrities-and-hepatitis-c/ Four Transplant Recipients Contract H.I.V By DENISE GRADY  and annotated (bold type) by Teresa Hanbey Published: November 14, 2007 Correction Appended         Four transplant recipients in Chicago have contracted H.I.V. from an organ donor, the first known cases in more than a decade in which the virus was spread by organ transplants. The organs also gave all ... http://hcop.org/blog/2007/12/17/four-transplant-patients-contract-hiv-and-hepatitis-c/ After 14 years of trying, I know that we cannot rely on the government to do it for us.  We can no longer tippy toe around about the lack of money available and the lack of a political will among the patient population. By far and away, the greatest number of ... http://hcop.org/blog/2007/09/26/do-something/ Since I became aware of the possibility of infertility as a side effect of interferon therapy (formerly used as a cancer treatment) I have been desperately trying to make women of childbearing age and parents aware of it.  I have made presentations to numerous women's organizations and to the Congress on Women's ... http://hcop.org/blog/2007/09/06/infertility-and-hepatitis-c-treatment/