Hepatitis Council of QLD

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  The C-Network HEPATITIS C NEWS ALERT
  25 January 2008. Currently: 295 Subscribers
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New positions available at the Hepatitis Council of QLD:
Small Grants Program & National Awareness Week Project Officer, Health Promotion Project Officer, Indigenous Project Officer. Applications closing soon.
http://www.hepqld.asn.au/

HCQ's Education and Training Officer, Jake Lewis, returns 4 February 2008. Please contact us if you would like to discuss free education and training opportunities for your venue or organisation. Jake's story: http://youtube.com/watch?v=W9NgSXRAj38


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    LIVING WITH HEP C
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When living is all the best revenge
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/06/theater/06simo.html?_
r=3&ref=theater&oref=slogin&oref=slogin&oref=slogin

Better days ahead
http://www.thedaily.com.au/news/2008/jan/07/better-days-ahead/

Cold showers to treat depression?
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17993252?ordinalpos=41&itool=Entrez
System2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum


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    NEW HEP C RESOURCES
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'Hep Chat' Weekly Radio Program Podcasts from Hepatitis C Council of Victoria
http://3cr.org.au/podcast/podcast.php?cat=HepChat

New website: Wizz Wize - Peer Education - Users Educating Users
http://wizzwize.com.au/


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    HEP C TREATMENT
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Schering Plough Reports Top Line Results Of The IDEAL Study
http://www.forbes.com/prnewswire/feeds/prnewswire/2008/01/14/prnewswire
200801140916PR_NEWS_USPR_____NYM051.html

Roche Responds To Announcement Of 'IDEAL' Hepatitis C Trial Results
http://www.rocheusa.com/newsroom/current/2008/pr2008011402.html

PEGINTRON(TM) and REBETOL(R) Approved in European Union for Retreating Hepatitis C Patients Who Failed Previous Pegylated or Non-Pegylated Interferon Therapy
http://www.hcvadvocate.org/news/newsRev/2007/NewsRev-231.html
#_PEGINTRON(TM)_and_REBETOL(R)

Vertex Pharmaceuticals to Begin Phase 3 Development of Telaprevir, Investigational Hepatitis C Protease Inhibitor
http://www.centredaily.com/business/technology/story/350845.html

Human Genome Sciences Modifies Dosing In Achieve Trials Of Albuferon(R)
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/94919.php


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    HEP C TRANSMISSION
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D.I.Y piercing kits available over the counter and on internet
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,23043749-2862,00.html

Doctor re-used syringes for flu shots
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/ny-lidoc0116,0,1680682.story

Outpatient clinic had its own hepatitis outbreak [United States]
2002: 99 patients acquire hep C from re-used syringes at cancer treatment center
http://www.newsday.com/services/newspaper/printedition/tuesday/
news/ny-linebr145538619jan15,0,1808346,print.story

Hepatitis C Cases Alarm Bosnian Doctors
http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/main/analysis/7374/

'Protective Cover' Hilarious Condom song from India
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uknDkAw-tU&e

Sexual Transmission and Hepatitis C
http://www.hepqld.asn.au/factsheets/29%20-%20Sexual%
20Transmission%20-%20Factsheet.pdf

Condoms in Australian prisons
http://www.ssonet.com.au/display.asp?ArticleID=7602


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    LIVER HEALTH
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Aust doctors hail teen's transplant 'miracle'
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/01/24/2145289.htm
Video: http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=a5d_1201196813

Living donor liver transplant yields better survival than deceased donor
http://www.hearingproductsreport.com/reuters_article.asp?id=20080107clin005.html

Possible New Method for Detecting and Monitoring Liver Disease without Liver Biopsies
http://www.hivandhepatitis.com/hep_c/news/2008/011408_a.html

Use of CT Scans to Monitor Liver Fibrosis in People with Hepatitis C
http://www.hivandhepatitis.com/hep_c/news/2008/011408_b.html

Proteomic profiling shown more accurate than traditional biomarkers in identifying liver cancer
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-01/bidm-pps011108.php


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    DRUGS AND ALCOHOL
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Of Substance: The National Magazine on Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs
January 2008 issue:
http://www.ofsubstance.org.au/archive/pdf/ofsubstance_2008_1.pdf

Texas Needle-Swap Activists Face Charges
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5it2CUTwkCdGVoWHsbPFDqYOrpiDQD8UBO0VG1


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    HEPATITIS B
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Hepatitis B Vaccination and the Risk of Childhood-Onset Multiple Sclerosis
http://archpedi.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/full/161/12/1176

Extended Duration Pegylated Interferon Alfa-2a (Pegasys) for Patients with HBeAg Negative Chronic Hepatitis B
http://www.hivandhepatitis.com/hep_b/news/2008/011107_a.html


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    HEP C AND HIV CO-INFECTION
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Medicare-funded dental care for people with HIV to be scrapped
http://www.ssonet.com.au/display.asp?ArticleID=7641

CD4 cell count is no predictor of hepatitis C treatment success
http://www.aidsmap.com/en/news/FC7CA8C4-A3E6-4A80-A8B9-4915A1121504.asp

Nevirapine (Viramune) Is Linked with Reduced Liver Fibrosis Progression in HIV-HCV Coinfected Patients
http://www.hivandhepatitis.com/hiv_hcv_co_inf/2008/011408_a.html


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    EMPLOYMENT
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Hepatitis C Educator (SA). Applications close: 5 pm Tuesday 29 January 2008.
http://www.hepccouncilsa.asn.au/edujob.html

QLD Injectors Health Network, Positions Vacant
http://www.quihn.org/job_positions.htm

Hepatitis Council of QLD: Small Grants Program & National Awareness Week Project Officer, Health Promotion Project Officer, Indigenous Project Officer. Applications closing soon.
http://www.hepqld.asn.au/


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    EVENTS
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Australian Winter School 2008. 12 - 14 May 2008 - 'Seen & Unseen Harms'
http://www.winterschool.info/

Launch of 'QuIHN's Bloody Board Game'
Date: Tuesday 5 February 2008. Time: 1:30 - 3:00pm. Venue: BYS (Brisbane Youth Service) 14 Church Street, Fortitude Valley 2006
http://hepqld.asn.au/images/News/bloodyboardgame.pdf

Hepatitis Council of QLD Information Evening
What: "The difficult issues around sex and relationships for people with viral hepatitis". Guest speaker Dr Joe DeBattista.
When: Friday 29th February 6-8pm. Where: Hepatitis Council of QLD. 30 Herschel Street, Brisbane. Ph: 3236 0610.
Who: Partners, family and friends welcome at Tuesday's Drop-In & Friday's Info Evening. Light refreshments provided.
http://hepqld.asn.au/images/News/feb%2008%20flyer.pdf


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