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More must be done to fight deadly hepatitis

Posted on Mon, Aug 5, 2013 - 8:12pm

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hepatitis, Julio Montaner, BC-CfE, BC Centre for Excellence

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Hepatitis is a frequent headline-maker in media and creates lots of online chat in blogs, tweets and posts. No wonder, given that this liver disease is potentially life-threatening. Despite all this attention, getting people tested and treated is still a challenge for public-health practitioners.

Women More Likely to Get Sub-Par HIV-AIDS Treatment Than Men, BC Study Finds

Posted on Thu, Apr 18, 2013 - 11:27pm

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HIV, AIDS, BC Centre for Excellence, Dr. Julio Montaner

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British Columbian researchers have found that women with HIV-AIDS are more likely than men to receive sub-standard care and treatment, putting them at higher risk of death or transmission to others. The BC Centre for Excellence in HIV-AIDS conducted two studies to try to find out why the number of new cases of HIV-AIDS among women has been trending upwards.