Hepatitis C Support Group

Hepatitis C is a blood-borne viral disease which can cause liver inflammation, fibrosis, cirrhosis and liver cancer. The hepatitis C virus (HCV) is spread by blood-to-blood contact with an infected person's blood. Many people with HCV infection have no symptoms and are unaware of the need to seek treatment. Hepatitis C infects an estimated 150-200 million people worldwide.

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ImKramer 08/15/2014

Achillion's hepatitis C drug cures all patients in mid-stage trial
Aug 15 (Reuters) - Achillion Pharmaceuticals Inc said interim results from a mid-stage trial showed that all patients given its experimental hepatitis C drug showed no detectable levels of the virus four weeks after completing the therapy.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/08/15/achillion-hepatitisc-idUSL4N0QL3IO20140815

catmagic 08/15/2014

good - the more the better! And what is this avie? I so liked the last one :-o

ImKramer 08/15/2014

It's Marc Emery. Canada's Prince of Pot who just spent five years in an American prison for selling mail order seeds. Our jack ass govt turned him over to the US feds.
Now he is a Canadian hero of sorts and is helping advance Marijuana reform in Canada.

TomrrowsHope 08/15/2014

Kramer, you da bomb informant...way to start the day...well it is afternoon but I am not getting off couch today...day offfffff remodeld bath and so tired....I want some feed back on my work..pics in journal page....

ImKramer 08/15/2014

NIce job on bathroom TomHop! Feels good to get some remodeling done eh? We did the front porch last weekend :)

allaboutliving 08/15/2014

There is a lot of good news to come in treating HCV in the years ahead. Grateful that I'm still alive & may get my shot at a cure this year.

TH, saw your remodel & really like what you did. Nice tile work.

catmagic 08/15/2014

Oh - well, okay then - I LIKE Marc Emery!

ImKramer 08/15/2014

Marc Emery's U.S. prosecutor urges pot legalization
John McKay once prosecuted B.C.'s 'Prince of Pot' Marc Emery
take a look!
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/marc-emery-s-u-s-prosecutor-urges-pot-legalization-1.1134679

TomrrowsHope 08/15/2014

Thanks all...I was going to put in a fiberglass unit but had to keep old tile and put a twist to it...I am going to hire out the back porch maybe next week...I GOT WORK NEXT WEEK YEAHHHHH $$$ 3 days...I like keeping busy makes me feel normal but I sure get fatigued in afternoon...

lovefall 08/19/2014

such good news!!!

WIsh they had started all this research years ago.....

Roboto 08/21/2014

That sounds fantastic. Why will the next trial have only 12 people and not more?

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