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Finding renewed value in life and loved ones
alnotarianni@aol.comGeraldine Andrews had no idea last year at this time what she was in for in the months to come. She worked as a hair stylist and enjoyed tight-knit relationships with her husband, two daughters and four grandchildren. Then, in August, Andrews, 58, of...Tags: University of Maryland Medical Center, Mercy Medical Center (Baltimore, Maryland), Diseases and Illnesses, Hospitals and Clinics, Liver Disease
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Many with hepatitis C don't get needed follow-up tests, CDC says
Half of all patients who have tested positive for hepatitis C have not had follow-up testing to see if they are still infected, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That means many people are living with the disease and not...
Tags: Hepatitis, Hepatitis C , Medical Procedures and Tests, Disease Prevention, Diseases and Illnesses
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Listie man's legally blind journey testimony to God's glory
Daily American Staff WriterAfter spending decades working in the deep coal mines in Somerset County, Johnny Fritz began driving truck for Pile's Concrete Production Co. of Friedens in 2005. The Somerset County native had no way of anticipating that two years later he would drive...Tags: St. Patrick's Day, Physical Conditions, Religion and Belief, Diseases and Illnesses, Metal and Mineral
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International consortium releases hepatitis C data
Two antiviral drugs used to treat hepatitis C appear to work as well in the real world as they did during clinical trials, an international research consortium has observed. The consortium also released data that may help inform how doctors and patients...Tags: Liver Failure, Medical Research, Anemia, Hepatitis C , National Institutes of Health
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Feedback for Sunday, April 28: About hepatitis, sports question and Mobjack Bay
• Joyce, James City County: Great story on Kurt Beach's cure from hepatitis C and Dr. Stravitz's part in it. I contracted autoimmune hepatitis in 1988 and later developed primary biliary cirrhosis. I received a life-saving liver transplant in 1997,...Tags: Poquoson (Poquoson, Virginia), Major League Baseball Draft, Hepatitis C , York (York, Pennsylvania), Manufacturing and Engineering
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Retired Smithfield police officer cured of hepatitis C
The cure has taken 25 years for retired Smithfield police officer, Kurt Beach. In his first week on the job, in January 1988, Beach used mouth-to-mouth resuscitation in an attempt to save the life of a baby with a bloody breathing tube. He tears up as...
Tags: Smithfield, Liver Failure, Lobbying, Acupuncture, Politics
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Letters to the Editor - April 9
Gun control advocates are traitors To the editor: We the people must defend and protect ourselves, family and our country. Whenever a country thinks it is not vulnerable to attack, attack is imminent. Attack may come from within. Remember an overheard...Tags: Gun Control, Politics, Firearms, Crime, Law and Justice, Personal Weapon Control
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Judy Ramer of Funkstown is in need of liver transplant
marieg@herald-mail.comHer strength and energy have diminished and her symptoms have become more pronounced. But that hasn't stopped Judy Kinzer Ramer from hanging tough in the biggest fight of her life. She needs a new liver. There is no whining, no complaining, no self-...Tags: Heart Disease, Colleges and Universities, Medical Procedures and Tests, Diseases and Illnesses, Hospitals and Clinics
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Lactulose: A laxative that works at both ends
Dear Pharmacist: I heard you recommend a drug called Lactulose as a laxative, but you said it helped with brain fog too. How can it work at both ends? — J.C., Decatur, Ill. Dear J.C.: It's true. The prescription medication called Lactulose is...
Tags: Lyme Disease, Dietary Supplements, Diseases and Illnesses, Diabetes, Constipation
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Flower Power
Experts agree that the very state of your health may well reflect the health of your liver; therefore if you want to be healthy, it is prudent that certain attention be given to this all important “detoxifying organ.” The liver, the...
Tags: Dietary Supplements, Prescription Drugs, Radiation Therapy, Health Treatments, Milk Thistle (dietary supplement)
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Alaska Joins Great American Spit Out
Channel 2 NewsThis week Alaskans joined the Great American Spit Out, a nationwide campaign committed to quitting smokeless tobacco. The Spit Out is part of Through With Chew Week, a smokeless tobacco-cessation effort running from Feb. 17-23. Tobacco users are...Tags: Liver Disease
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'Lady Day' a potent portrait of Billie Holiday
Billie Holiday was many things — songwriter, vocalist, poet, a woman whose jazz-influenced vocals forever changed the way singers interpret the American songbook. But for the actress Alexis J. Rogers, the singer also known as Lady Day is nothing...
Tags: Music, Porgy and Bess (movie), Entertainment, Arts and Culture
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