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    Feb 14, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. Hi there. What's your sign? Have any STDs?

    One key to launching a successful business is finding the right problem to solve. That's why so many entrepreneurs are inspired by problems they encounter themselves or that stymie their family and friends.
    One key to launching a successful business is finding the right problem to solve. That's why so many entrepreneurs are inspired by problems they encounter themselves or that stymie their family and friends. The trick is not confusing an anecdote for a...

    Tags: Chlamydia , Syphilis, Drugs and Medicines, Vaccines, Gonorrhea

    2. Dec 23, 2012 |Story| KWCH

  2. Hepatitis C tests continue after hospital tech arrest

    CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - Hospitals across the country recommended hepatitis C testing for some 7,900 patients last summer after a traveling medical worker was accused of infecting patients with tainted syringes in New Hampshire. But five months later, nearly half of those who may have been exposed to the liver-destroying disease in other states have yet to be tested.
    CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - Hospitals across the country recommended hepatitis C testing for some 7,900 patients last summer after a traveling medical worker was accused of infecting patients with tainted syringes in New Hampshire. But five months later,...

    Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Trials, Medical Procedures and Tests

    3. Nov 30, 2012 |Story| RedEye

  3. World AIDS Day events in Chicago

    You might not have plans to swing by a ritzy charity event at Bono's house for World AIDS Day Saturday, Dec. 1, but that doesn't mean you can't do your part from Chicago.
    For RedEye
    You might not have plans to swing by a ritzy charity event at Bono's house for World AIDS Day Saturday, Dec. 1, but that doesn't mean you can't do your part from Chicago. Get tested, donate to a homeless youth shelter that helps LGBT young people with...

    Tags: World AIDS Day, Mayne Stage, David Bowie, AIDS, HIV

    4. Nov 29, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  4. Medical worker charged in Hepatitis C infections

    WASHINGTON – A nomadic medical technician who wandered in and out of hospital jobs from the desert Southwest to New England was indicted Thursday by a federal grand jury in connection with a Hepatitis C outbreak that infected more than 30 patients at a New Hampshire hospital with the potentially life-threatening disease, and possibly 4,000 more in Pennsylvania, Maryland and other states.
    WASHINGTON – A nomadic medical technician who wandered in and out of hospital jobs from the desert Southwest to New England was indicted Thursday by a federal grand jury in connection with a Hepatitis C outbreak that infected more than 30 patients...

    Tags: Viral Diseases and Infections, Hospitals and Clinics, Lotteries, Diseases and Illnesses, Medical Procedures and Tests

    5. Jun 27, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  5. CDC proposes testing baby boomers for hepatitis C

    A new proposal to screen all baby boomers for hepatitis C means doctors face the prospect of educating an entire generation about an infection often associated with risky behaviors, such as sharing needles and unprotected sexual contact.
    A new proposal to screen all baby boomers for hepatitis C means doctors face the prospect of educating an entire generation about an infection often associated with risky behaviors, such as sharing needles and unprotected sexual contact. A blood-borne...

    Tags: Healthy Diet, Vaccines, John Ward, HIV, Demographics

    6. Sep 12, 2012 |Story| South Florida Sun-Sentinel

  6. Ex radiology tech gets 30-years for infecting patients with Hepatitis C

    It looks like the judge really stuck it to this guy.
    FloriDUH
    It looks like the judge really stuck it to this guy. Steven Beumel, 49, admittedly swiped syringes loaded with pain meds during patients' procedures done at the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville and then replaced them with syringes of saline with dirty...

    Tags: Mayo Clinic

    7. Jul 20, 2012 |Story| KWCH

  7. Hepatitis C danger for Hays patients

    The Kansas Department of Health and Environment and HaysMed in Hays are working jointly to notify patients who underwent cardiac catheterization from May 24, 2010, to September 22, 2010, of potential exposure to hepatitis C.
    KWCH 12 Eyewitness News
    The Kansas Department of Health and Environment and HaysMed in Hays are working jointly to notify patients who underwent cardiac catheterization from May 24, 2010, to September 22, 2010, of potential exposure to hepatitis C. The U.S. Attorney for the...

    Tags: Cardiac Catheterization, Hepatitis, Medical Procedures and Tests

    8. Oct 24, 2012 |Story| Daily American

  8. Should medical marijuana be legalized?

    NO By ANNA KNOBLACH Meyersdale   There is a reason that marijuana is an illegal substance. While the effects from medicinal marijuana have been scientifically proven to slow AIDS wasting, reduce the negative effects of chemotherapy and alleviate...

    Tags: AIDS, Multiple Sclerosis, Glaucoma, LSD, Biotechnology

    9. Sep 4, 2012 |Story| KWCH

  9. Andover couple file Hepatitis C suit against Pennsylvania hospital

    <span style="font-size: small;">PITTSBURGH -- A Kansas woman who says she was infected with hepatitis C by a former medical technical has filed a lawsuit against a Pittsburgh hospital.</span>
    PITTSBURGH -- A Kansas woman who says she was infected with hepatitis C by a former medical technical has filed a lawsuit against a Pittsburgh hospital. Linda Ficken claims that the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center was negligent for not...

    Tags: Justice System, Laws, Hospitals and Clinics, Trials, Pittsburgh

    10. Aug 27, 2012 |Story| Reuters

  10. FDA approves Gilead's four-drug HIV treatment

    (Reuters) - U.S. health regulators on Monday approved Gilead Sciences Inc's four-drug combination pill to treat HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.
    Reuters
    (Reuters) - U.S. health regulators on Monday approved Gilead Sciences Inc's four-drug combination pill to treat HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. The four drugs in one pill, which was formerly called the Quad and had been considered one of Gilead's more...

    Tags: Gilead Sciences Inc., HIV Treatment, AIDS, HIV, Viral Diseases and Infections

    11. Aug 27, 2012 |Story| WDBJ7

  11. OUR HEALTH: New Hepatitis C Treatment Clinic Brings Specialized Treatment to Local Patients

    Anewly formed infectious disease clinic in Lynchburg, VA is bringing expert medical care to those in the area with hepatitis C.
    Anewly formed infectious disease clinic in Lynchburg, VA is bringing expert medical care to those in the area with hepatitis C. An estimated 3.2 million people in the United States have a chronic hepatitis C viral infection. Most of them don’t even...

    Tags: Merck & Company Incorporated, Symptoms, HIV, Viral Diseases and Infections, Cirrhosis

    12. Aug 21, 2012 |Story| KIAH-LTV

  12. Baby Boomers 5X more likely to get Hepatitis C

    Are you one of the nearly 76 million people born between 1946 and 1964? Well, congratulations baby boomers. You've made it through some crazy times and you're still here.
    KIAH
    Are you one of the nearly 76 million people born between 1946 and 1964? Well, congratulations baby boomers. You've made it through some crazy times and you're still here. However, there's a disturbing new trend among your generation and we're not talking...

    Tags: Symptoms, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Hepatitis, Diseases and Illnesses, Medical Procedures and Tests

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