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Apoptosis. That's the medical term. More commonly, it is known as cellular suicide. It's the process or mechanism by which liver cells, or hepatocytes, meet their end. The death of...

Daryl's great article on disclosing your status inspired me to write about this topic. Anytime I've ever told anyone I had hepatitis C, I get that look. You know the...

More than two decades ago, a young man came home from a night of hard drinking and took the drug, acetaminophen, for his hangover. The next day, he was in...

Needle exchange is a controversial program in which new syringes and other sterile paraphernalia are traded for used injection materials. It is part of the larger philosophy of harm reduction...

Cryoglobulinemia is a serious blood disease that has been linked to hepatitis C infection. According to the NIH, hep C is “recognized as the major cause of mixed cryoglobulinemia”. The...

Porphyria Cutanea Tarda (PCT), is a skin manifestation of liver disease. It's highly exacerbated by exposure of the skin to the sun. Normally, blisters appear on sun-exposed skin, but in...

Diabetes induced by hep C doesn't require obesity or family history to develop. It can happen to anyone infected with the hepatitis C virus. It occurs when the HCV core...