Search Results for: Hepatitis

October 4, 2019October 4, 2019

National Trends in Hepatitis C Infection by Opioid Use Disorder Status Among Pregnant Women at Delivery Hospitalization – United States, 2000-2015.

Opioids Literature

Publication date: Oct 04, 2019 Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is transmitted primarily through parenteral exposures to infectious blood or body fluids that contain blood (e.g., via injection drug use, needle ... Read more

August 16, 2019August 16, 2019

Hepatitis A outbreaks shadowing growing opioid epidemic as number of cases rises across country

Opioids News

Publication date: Aug 16, 2019 Within days, the 40-year-old landed in the hospital, diagnosed with the highly contagious liver virus hepatitis A, which in Ohio has infected more than 3,220 ... Read more

August 11, 2019August 11, 2019

Hepatitis A is breaking out across the country in wake of opioid crisis

Opioids News

Publication date: Aug 11, 2019 CLOSE Trenton Burrell, who was diagnosed with hepatitis A, stands in Akron, Ohio, on July 23, 2019. Within days, the 40-year-old landed in the hospital, ... Read more

July 31, 2019July 31, 2019

Low-density lipoprotein receptor-deficient hepatocytes differentiated from induced pluripotent stem cells allow familial hypercholesterolemia modeling, CRISPR/Cas-mediated genetic correction, and productive hepatitis C virus infection.

Precision Medicine Literature

Publication date: Jul 29, 2019 Familial hypercholesterolemia type IIA (FH) is due to mutations in the low-density lipoprotein receptor (LDLR) resulting in elevated levels of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-c) in ... Read more

July 21, 2019July 21, 2019

COMPA Members Help Researchers Study Benefits of Telemedicine in Treating Opioid Use Disorder and Hepatitis C

Opioids News

Publication date: Jul 21, 2019 NEW YORK, July 17, 2019 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — The Coalition of Medication-Assisted Treatment Providers and Advocates of New York State (COMPA) today announced that seven of ... Read more

July 3, 2019July 3, 2019

Integrated, Co-located, Telemedicine-based Treatment Approaches for Hepatitis C Virus Management in Opioid Use Disorder Patients on Methadone.

Opioids Literature

Publication date: Jul 02, 2019 Despite high hepatitis C virus (HCV) prevalence, opioid use disorder (OUD) patients on methadone rarely engage in HCV treatment. We investigated the effectiveness of HCV ... Read more

July 1, 2019July 1, 2019

Influence of social determinants of health and substance use characteristics on persons who use drugs pursuit of care for hepatitis C virus infection.

Opioids Literature

Publication date: Jul 01, 2019 Social determinants of health (SDOH), i.e., social, behavioral and environmental factors, are increasingly recognized for their important influence on health outcomes. Data are limited on ... Read more

June 19, 2019June 19, 2019

Could opioid crisis play a role in recent rise in Hepatitis C cases reported?

Opioids News

Publication date: Jun 19, 2019 According to the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, 186 people in North Carolina were diagnosed with Acute Hepatitis C in 2017. One ... Read more

June 11, 2019June 11, 2019

Opioid Epidemic Causing Increase in Hepatitis, HIV Infections, and Infective Endocarditis

Opioids News

Publication date: Jun 11, 2019 But another type of infection linked to drug use is also on the rise: infective endocarditis. The drug use-associated (DUA) infectious diseases are on the ... Read more

June 11, 2019June 11, 2019

Opioid Epidemic Causing Increase in Hepatitis, HIV Infections, and Infective Endocarditis

Opioids News

Publication date: Jun 11, 2019 But another type of infection linked to drug use is also on the rise: infective endocarditis. The drug use-associated (DUA) infectious diseases are on the ... Read more