New guidelines recommend screening HIV-infected patients for kidney disease
...thy (HIVAN) is joining diabetes, hypertension, and hepatitis C infection on the list of common conditions requi... loads, and people with diabetes, hypertension, or hepatitis C coinfection. All patients diagnosed with HIV should be screened for proteinuria and kidney functio...Abnormal liver tests in a Mediterranean population
...ies. It can be caused by high alcohol consumption, hepatitis B and C, and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, a c...articipants for abnormal liver values, antigens to hepatitis B and C and alcohol consumption. From each individual, they also gathered socioeconomic data, medica...American Society of Travel Agents urges healthy travel for consumers
... sure where malaria, 52 percent are not sure where hepatitis A and 51 percent are not sure where hepatitis B can be found. In fact, many respondents are unaware that diseases such as malaria and hepatitis c...Steady rise in allergic diseases over quarter of a century
...er. The samples were also tested for antibodies to hepatitis A and to H. Pylori infections. The team found highly significant increases over time in the proportion of men testing positive to Phadiatop and with specific IgE to the three inhaled allergens. The average rate of increase was equivalent to an additi...Combination vaccine produces lower immune response than vaccines administered separately
...2, and 18 months to protect against disease due to hepatitis B, diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, polio, measles, mumps, rubella, varicella, H influenzae type b, and pneumococcus. The inclusion of MenC would add a further 3 to 4 doses to the U.S. regimen. The development of combination vaccines has become a prio...