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HCV Advocate Newsletter: 2019

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February is upon us and it is a sweetheart of a month. The HCV Advocate newsletter is packed full of interesting news to help in your educational interests. Please share it with your family, friends, and, of course, your sweetheart.

The articles in this month’s newsletter include:

What We Need to Eliminate HCV, by Alan Franciscus. The multimedia review journal Clinical Liver Disease published a series of articles that provided important information about the tools needed to eliminate hepatitis C (HCV). This report is a review of the articles and is specific to the United States. It doesn’t address the political issues that are equally, if not more, important.

I Heart Liver by Lucinda Porter, RN. Sometimes it takes a hepatitis C diagnosis for us to pay attention to the fact that we each have a liver. We learn where the liver is, what it does, and how essential it is. However, the hepatitis C virus (HCV) affects more than just the liver. HCV affects the entire body, particularly the heart and cardiovascular system. Since February is American Heart Month, it is a perfect time to discuss the relationship between the liver and its neighbor, the heart. In particular, we will explore ways to improve cardiovascular health. This information is good for everyone, with or without hepatitis C.

Hepatitis Headlines (1) At Stanford, Term ‘Homosexual’ Will No Longer Be Used When Discussing Spread of Hepatitis, (2) Adherence to ‘Healthy Eating Index’ Diet May Reduce Liver Cancer Risk.

What’s Up! News about the upcoming issue of our last HCV Advocate Newsletter this March, our patient HCV video and Packhealth – a patient resource.

January

Happy New Year! We hope that 2019 will bring you much joy, happiness and for those with hepatitis C, a cure. I think that 2019 may be the year that we just might turn the corner on screening, access to care and treatment for more people with hepatitis C.

This month’s edition of the HCV Advocate newsletter features the following:

Top News Stories of 2018, by Alan Franciscus. It was an interesting year in HCV that was full of ups and downs but progress is being made in the fight against HCV.

Everyone Needs to Know About Liver Cancer by Lucinda Porter, RN writes about the causes, prevention, screening, treatment and cure of this life-threatening disease.

Hepatitis Headlines provides snapshots of trending news about hepatitis.

What’s Up! Features an updated Guide and four of our updated fact sheets as well as our Patient Video and Resource for patients:
- HCV: A Guide to Healthy Living with HCV
- One of the best strategies to prevent illness is Hand Washing: A Primer
- Learn about the many different types of and benefits of Meditation
- The new year is time to start eating thinking about Nutrition and HCV
- One of the most important components of health is Sleep

Watch our patient video about treating and curing HCV.
Do you have hepatitis C? Get support. Get answers. A free program for patients – PackHealth.

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HCV Advocate Eblast: December 1, 2018

November 29, 2018 By Alan Franciscus

Check out what we have in store for you in the December Newsletter

Dear Advocaters,

It’s hard to believe that the end of the year is near and the HCV Advocate newsletter is entering its 21st year of publication. This month we have devoted the entire issue to coverage of The Liver Meeting recently held in San Francisco, CA. Lucinda Porter, RN and I are reporting on our favorite posters presented at the meeting. Listed below are the abstracts that we have covered.

#88 Prevalence of Chronic Hepatitis C Virus Infection, US States and District of Columbia, 2013-2016
#202 HCV-RNA Is Readily Detectable in Nasal and Rectal Fluids of Patients with High Viremia
#203 Chronic Hepatitis C Infection Elicits a Poly-Functional T Cell Immune Response at the Maternal/Fetal Interface to Limit Vertical Transmission
#490 1-Hour Recovery Time in Subjects Undergoing Percutaneous Liver Biopsy: A Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Project
#1582 Chronic Hepatitis C and Autoimmune Hepatitis Overlap Syndrome: Fact or Fiction?
#1588 Hepatitis C Infection in Pregnant American Indian and Alaska Native Women; 2011-2015
#1591 The Cedar Project: Childhood Sexual Abuse Is a Risk Factor for Hepatitis C Infection Among Young Indigenous People Who Use Drugs in Canada
#583 Retreatment with SOF/VEL/VOX in Treatment-Experienced Patients with and without HIV: The Resolve Study
#584 Early Treatment with Direct-Acting Antivirals (DAAs) Saves Medical Costs in Non-Cirrhotic Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C (CHC) Virus Infection in the United States (US)- Patrice Cacoub, et. al.
#588 Eradication of Hepatitis C Virus Infection by IFN-Free Direct-Acting Antiviral Agents Reduces Hepatocellular Carcinoma Incidence in Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C

This is a sample of what is available. Be sure to read the entire newsletter for all the available content.

We have also reviewed and updated our HCV Advocate Treatment Fact Sheets

Best wishes for the Holiday Season from the staff of the HCV Advocate,

Alan and the staff of the HCV Advocate

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