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A Henry Ford Hospital study found that hepatitis B does not increase the risk for pancreatic cancer — and that only age is a contributing factor. The results contradict a previous study in 2008 that suggested a link between pancreatic cancer and previous hepatitis B infection. Hepatitis B is an inflammation of the liver caused by a viral infection.

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Extending hepatitis C treatment for liver transplant patients beyond current practice results in high rates of clearance of the hepatitis C virus from the blood, as well as a low rate of relapse, according to a Henry Ford Hospital study. “We found that patients who achieved a sustained virological response were more likely to have had extended treatment,” says Kimberly Brown, M.D., Division head of Gastroenterology at Henry Ford Hospital and senior author of the study.

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Individuals with a history of lupus who receive a kidney transplant rarely develop the serious inflammatory condition lupus nephritis in their new organ, according to a paper being presented at the American Society of Nephrology’s 42nd Annual Meeting and Scientific Exposition in San Diego, Calif. The findings indicate that having lupus should not keep individuals from seeking a kidney transplant if they need one.

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Dialysis patients with low body fat are at increased risk of death — even compared to patients at the highest level of body fat percentage, according to research being presented at the American Society of Nephrology’s 42nd Annual Meeting and Scientific Exposition in San Diego.

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Woman are at particular risk of their primary care physicians delaying diagnosis of chronic kidney disease, according to a paper being presented at the American Society of Nephrology’s 42nd Annual Meeting and Scientific Exposition in San Diego, Calif. The findings suggest that educating practitioners about CKD could increase the timely diagnosis of CKD, thereby leading to improvements in care to patients and savings in Medicare dollars.

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The hydrino as defined by Dr Randell Mills would have a “real” fractional quantum state (sub-ground state) which has been rejected by mainstream physics. A relativistic interpretation that hydrogen atoms inside a Casimir cavity could …

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October 31, 2009. Zero point fields interpreted as interference between different worlds in a many worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics. Olle Nilsson, January 2008. In some aspects zero point fields (zpf) yield very real physical …

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Ladies and Gentlemen! Carnival Season is upon us, or rather: carnival season is upon Blue-Genes.net. For the uninitiated: the Skeptics’ Circle is an ancient (by intertube standards) rite where the cleverest clogs in the world get …

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DETROIT — A Henry Ford Hospital study found that hepatitis B does not increase the risk for pancreatic cancer — and that only age is a contributing factor. The results contradict a previous study in 2008 that suggested a link between …

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DETROIT — Extending hepatitis C treatment for liver transplant patients beyond current practice results in high rates of clearance of the hepatitis C virus from the blood, as well as a low rate of relapse, according to a Henry Ford …

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