All posts tagged with hepatitis C

(Natural News) England’s National Health Service (NHS) is showing signs that it is cash-strapped: It has recently announced that it will no longer automatically shoulder payment for the treatment of its citizens who are Hepatitis C-afflicted; it will only do so once the patient is cured. Those who are lucky enough to get cured will have their […]

(Natural News) Around 34,000 people got infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or hepatitis C via England’s National Health Service‘s (NHS) blood drive back in the 1980s, with more than 2,000 of them losing their lives while others incurring life-long ailments. Lauren Palmer, who is now 33 years old, lost both of her parents to […]

(Natural News) The word “hepatitis” refers to inflammation of the liver, and can have several causes, including heavy alcohol use, exposure to toxins, or a bacterial or viral infection. There are three different types of viral infections: hepatitis A, hepatitis B and hepatitis C, which are caused by different viruses, and have different methods of […]

(Natural News) Tattoos may increase the risk of suffering heat stroke, a small study found. To carry out the study, researchers at Alma College, Michigan used a drug called pilocarpine to induce sweating among participants, then collected the sweat samples. The first batch of samples were taken from the tattooed skin, while the other batch was […]