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The Trouble with Veins: A Conversation with Marguerite
...you’ve got hepatitis.'‘And the doctor was right,’ continued Marigold ‘The tests came back positive. Then he told me I was going to die.’
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Apr 8, 2019
A Man & His (Assistance) Dog: The Testimony of Azrael - Part One
Infected Again? Do not delay. And don’t be embarrassed. Health workers understand and are only too eager to help. Here’s an interview...
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Apr 8, 2019
A Man & His (Assistance) Dog: The Testimony of Azrael - Part Two
Continued from Part One) Anyway, back on track. When did you first get treated for your Hep C? ‘Well, I must admit, I did use my Hep C...
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Apr 8, 2019
A Thousand Picks & Hammers: Eliminating Hep C by Sheer Determination
Some Last Words on the 11th Australasian Viral Hepatitis Conference I’ve mentioned that the big Hep C drug companies contributed...
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Oct 3, 2018
No One Left Behind – Cunning Minds Bend the Generic into the Profound.
A Reaction to the central theme of the 11th Australasian Viral Hepatitis Conference On a quick glance, No One Left Behind is not the most...
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Aug 27, 2018
Head-Spins, Hangovers and Hair-Raising Instruments: Some Personal Reactions to The 11th Australasian
The first thing I should mention is the single most important thing about this gathering and others like it. Many conferences are strict...
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Jul 8, 2018
Hepalogue News – Australasian Viral Hepatitis Conference
I know I’m not the most regular blogger out there, but I do have a few excuses for the occasional... gap. For a start, I do a lot of...
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Jun 26, 2018
State of The Virus - Big Pharma Goes Nuts over NASH. Plus: Pot, Zinc and Green Tea
The war against Hep C, that monster from the microrealms, is waged on many fronts - biochemical, behavioural, socio-political and more....
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Jun 5, 2018
The Missing Masses - 160,000-plus Australian ‘Ex-Users’ Still Have Hep C. How Will We Treat Them
(NB: The statistics cited in this post are generally rounded down to the nearest 10,000. This is for safety and simplicity's sake, as...
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Jan 16, 2018
Telling Irony at the Heart – The Thoughts of Jenny Kelsall
A little while back, Harm Reduction Victoria held its Annual General Meeting for the 2016/17 financial year. Such events are typically...
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Nov 27, 2017
The Post-Treatment Landscape - Glorious but with Pitfalls
DAAs have been around for long enough now for us to get a decent view of the post-treatment landscape. There’ve been some very positive...
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Nov 14, 2017
Safe At Last - But With Conditions.
Melbourne's new safe injecting room is great news - but establishment stigma won't be suppressed. If you’ve been reading this blog, you...
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Oct 17, 2017
The Blood Brain Barrier - Is Blood Testing a Treatment Deterrent?
Who on god's green earth would deliberately forsake cheap, effective, side-effect free treatment for a chronic, potentially fatal disease...
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Sep 20, 2017
The Persistence of Stigma
Who knows if the stain of stigma will ever be erased from the practice of recreational drug use. Probably not. At least not while it’s...
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Aug 8, 2017
Poisoning the Well - A Wash-up on the Cochrane Debacle.
The Cochrane Collaboration is an independent, international group which performs systematic reviews of medical trials to eliminate bias...
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Jul 4, 2017
Liver Tonic! Your Chance to Celebrate an Outstanding Year on World Hepatitis Day.
World Hepatitis Day 2017 is looming. Last year at this time there were all manner of hopes and expectations around the new hep C...
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May 25, 2017
Neuroplasticity and The Liver Cleansing Bible: The Tale of Antoinette Ziegler
Month by month, the various scattered parts of my life seem to be gathering into a recognisable whole. I'm not happy today, but at least...
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