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  • Vlog: What Do We Do at a Hep B Screening?

    Join Kristine Alarcon, MPH for A Day in the Life of a Public Health Coordinator to learn about some of the activities we at the Hepatitis B Foundation take part in! [embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Hn4D-Tap9A[/embedyt] This episode highlights our events for our local program, Hep B United Philadelphia, during January 2018. We show you the "behind-the-scenes" of a hepatitis B screening event.

    http://www.hepb.org/blog/vlog-hep-b-screening/
  • Vlog: A Day in the Life of a Public Health Coordinator

    Join Kristine Alarcon, MPH for A Day in the Life of a Public Health Coordinator to learn about some of the activities we at the Hepatitis B Foundation take part in! [embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=undyQ5COnnk[/embedyt] In this vlog, Kristine and her colleagues participate in an Asian American Pacific Islander Town Hall to voice their concerns about hepatitis B in the Philadelphia community. They also attend the 2017 Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival for a screening of the Hepatitis B Foundation's #justB storytelling campaign.  

    http://www.hepb.org/blog/day-life-public-health-coordinator/
  • Antiviral Therapy May Lower Risk of Liver Cancer - MedicalResearch.com Interview with Dr. Stuart Gordon MD

    Thank you MedicalResearch.com for this interview and insights by Dr. Stuart Gordon, MD, Gastroenterologist, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI.     MedicalResearch: What are the main findings of the study? Dr. Gordon: In a large American cohort of Hepatitis B patients, those who took antiviral therapy had a significantly lower risk of developing liver cancer than those who did not take such therapy. MedicalResearch: Were any of the findings unexpected? Dr. Gordon: Similar findings have been noted in other parts of the world, but not in american populations. In addition, this report showed that the protective effect of antiviral therapy (against developing primary liver cancer) was found not just among patients with cirrhosis, who are at greatest risk, but also among those with lesser degrees of liver fibrosis. This finding was rather unique. MedicalResearch: What should clinicians and patients take away from your report? Click to read interview in its entirety 

    http://www.hepb.org/blog/antiviral-therapy-may-lower-risk-of-liver-cancer-medicalresearch-com-interview-with-dr-stuart-gordon-md/
  • Hepatitis B Mutation Seen in Only Men, Increased Risk of Liver Cancer

    Are you depressed? (Photo : Reuters) Posted in Science World Report, October 17, 2013 A recent study looks at a form of hepatitis B that is only found in men and may explain higher rates for certain types of cancer. According to a team of researchers from Seoul National University in Korea, they identified a mutation from the hepatitis B virus that seems to appear only in men and may explain why HBV-infected males are roughly five times more likely than HBV-infected women to develop certain types of liver cancer. "This is the first mutation found that can explain the gender disparity in incidence of hepatocellular carcinoma," Bum-Joon Kim of Seoul National University, Korea, an author on the study said, via a press release. Researchers collected and analyzed serum samples from approximately 292 patients found with chronic HBV infections that visited one of three hospitals in Korea from 2003 to 2005. Previous findings have suggested that a gene mutation known as W4P/R that was associated with a higher incidence of liver cancer and cirrhosis, yet the same mutation was also significant associated with severe liver disease that was only found in male patients. Investigators believe that this mutation may hold promise for predicting the progression of both cirrhosis and liver cancer, as only 67 of the 292 samples came from women in the studies' findings. As HBV continues to be a global health problem, with over 350 million chronic carriers, infection prevalence ranges from less than half of the United States to 10 percent of Asia and more than 15 percent of Africa. Transmission can come through unprotected sexual activity, drug abuse and childbirth. Make sure to take accuarte measure to protect yourself. More information regarding the study can be found via the Journal of Clinical Microbiology. See Science World Report website

    http://www.hepb.org/blog/hepatitis-b-mutation-seen-in-only-men-increased-risk-of-liver-cancer/
  • HBF and HBUP's Hepatitis B Awareness Raising Event at the Philadelphia Art Museum

      What a great hepatitis B awareness raising event for the Hepatitis B Foundation (HBF) and Hep B United Philadelphia (HBUP). The event took place at on the “Rocky Steps” of the Philadelphia Art Museum.  Participants including student volunteers, community leaders and health care professionals were dressed in their super hero t-shirts and red capes for their run up the steps to raise HBV awareness.                       Hep B Heroes joined Philadelphia Councilman David Oh as he presented a city council resolution to eliminate Hepatitis B in the City of Philadelphia.   A special guest appearance was made by HBF’s own mascot, O’Liver B Hepatitis. In the past, O’Liver has appeared at numerous public events, and he was thrilled to step up and raise HBV awareness on the Rocky Steps.           Multicultural dancers get a thumbs up from O'Liver as he and other participants enjoy their performance on the steps.               B A Hero. B sure. Get Tested. Get vaccinated...          

    http://www.hepb.org/blog/hbf-and-hbups-hepatitis-b-awareness-raising-event-at-the-philadelphia-art-museum/