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As winter rolls around, you may be considering whether or not to get your seasonal flu shots. When you have hepatitis C, are undergoing treatment for hepatitis C or are...

Editor's note: Always consult your physician if you have issues or need medical advice. When diagnosed with hep C, a patient may be seeking options for treatment of their hep...

Editor's note: if you have any concerns or questions throughout your pregnancy, it is important to speak to your doctor. Pregnancy comes with a basketful of emotions: excitement, fear, stress, joy...

What do the flu, Covid-19, and hepatitis C have in common? What protective steps do you need to take if you have hepatitis C? The answers can help you make...

Which is more preferred: quality or quantity of treatment options? A delicate balance at times. Sometimes bigger is better, but sometimes less is more. All kidding aside, no, not all...

Finding out that your health insurance company has denied a claim can be frustrating and complicated. Your insurance company must provide you with the following pieces of information if it...

Getting diagnosed with hep C hit me like a ton of bricks. It would have hit even harder if I had known what hep C was. All I knew was...

As we are seeing a changing approach to dealing with the Covid pandemic, we are witnessing some new challenges in healthcare. The changes we see in the sector are not...

I have been thinking a lot about something lately. I’ve been wracking my brain, trying to understand not only how I feel about advocacy, but what it looks like for...

People with long-term hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections have better treatment options today than in past decades. Currently, more than 95 percent of people with HCV can be cured. The...

Having hepatitis c can be lonely and isolating. Once diagnosed, you do not do much except worry and fret about it.  It can consume thoughts of others and, more critically, thoughts...

Living with a stigmatized disease can significantly affect the quality of life and lead to loss of income, financial instability, housing insecurity, isolation, and depression. Stigma increases the disease burden...

I don’t know about all of you who were diagnosed with hep C, but I felt fear and dread about my diagnosis years ago. There was no joy in knowing...

When I was diagnosed with hepatitis C, one of the first questions I asked was, “What should I eat with hepatitis C?” A healthy diet is a proactive step in...

Chronic, uncontrollable, itchy skin can change your quality of life. It can prevent you from getting a good night’s sleep and ruin your concentration. It can even lead to anxiety...

The liver is the powerhouse organ of the body that performs over 500 vital life-sustaining functions. We cannot live without a liver. Hepatitis C is caused by the hepatitis C...

After getting cured of hep C, I thought the battle was over. Sadly, my liver was damaged from years of living with the virus. I ended up needing a liver...

In Canada, we will soon observe the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, a new statutory holiday to honor the Indigenous children forced to attend residential schools. The holiday aims...

Have you ever wondered how drugs get their unique and sometimes rather strange-sounding names? Or noticed the patterns some generic drug names seem to follow? If you have, you would...

Cirrhosis is the permanent scarring of the liver. It can be life-threatening. There are several causes of cirrhosis. However, one major cause is the hepatitis C virus (HCV). The liver...