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CDC: Syringe reuse linked to hepatitis C outbreak
RENO, Nev. -- A hepatitis C outbreak was caused by workers improperly reusing syringes and medicine vials at a Las Vegas clinic, federal health officials said Friday. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was contacted by state health officials

New treatment for hepatitis C
Oklahoma City: Researchers at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center have found a new use for an old drug. Their findings appear online in the American Journal of Gastroenterology. The drug, Fluvastatin, has been approved since 1993 by the

CDC: Syringe reuse linked to hepatitis C outbreak
RENO, Nev. (AP) - Federal health officials say a hepatitis C outbreak affecting more than 80 people and exposing tens of thousands more was caused by workers reusing syringes at a Las Vegas clinic. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report


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Physicians Who Treat Hepatitis

Flushing, Forest Hills, NY

Physician: Pat Basu, MD
Type of physician: Hepatologist
Address: 5 Station Square
Forest Hills, NY 11375
Phone: 718.897.0584
Comments: Trained in Hepatology both in London, England
and in New York by world
renowned textbook authors.
He has done extensive research and publishing
on liver disease. He is on Schering's
Hepatitis C. Panel and often gives lectures
on the subject to other physicians,
laypeople and support groups.
Physician: Sing Chan, MD
Type of physician: Gastroenterologist / Internist
Address: 142-41 41st Avenue
Suite P10
Flushing, NY 11355
Phone: 718.886.6292

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