A new system can help identify which hepatitis C patients are most in need of new anti-viral drugs. An awareness campaign directed at baby boomers, born between 1946-1965, to be screened for hepatitis C , took off as effective treatments emerged to wipe out the liver-damaging virus. But high costs – up to more than… Continue reading Better Treatment for Hep C Patients
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Advice from a Dermatologist: Treating Cold Sores At Home
Cold sores – small blisters on the lip or around the mouth – are surprisingly common. According to the American Academy of Dermatologists (AAD), more than half of Americans age 14 to 49 have the virus that causes the sores. If the virus reactivates, or “wakes up,” the AAD says, you could get the sores.… Continue reading Advice from a Dermatologist: Treating Cold Sores At Home
Tamiflu Gets Patients Back on Their Feet Faster
Early in January 2015, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended the use of antiviral drugs to help treat influenza in a year when the available vaccine is not a good match for the current strain. Now, new evidence about a popular antiviral often criticized as ineffective shows that it can alleviate symptoms and… Continue reading Tamiflu Gets Patients Back on Their Feet Faster