http://www.mail.com/subjects/136084-liver-disease.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/subjects/136084-liver-disease.html http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2077504-slayer-guitarist-hanneman-died-cirrhosis.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — Members of Slayer say Jeff Hanneman died of alcohol-related cirrhosis. The guitarist died last week at a hospital in Hemet, Calif., at age 49. It was initially theorized that Hanneman's death might have had something to do with a suspected spider bite that led to a case of necrotizing fasciitis, nearly costing him his arm. ... Fri, 10 May 2013 20:21:26 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2077504-slayer-guitarist-hanneman-died-cirrhosis.html 2013-05-10T20:21:26Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2064270-feds-hepatitis-barrier-to-health-practice.html Peter Nguyen was a promising medical student when his school learned that he had tested positive for the hepatitis B virus. He said he was blackballed by school administrators and forced to halt his studies. "I knew the stigma" that came with a hepatitis diagnosis, Nguyen said. But he thought that a medical school, of all places, would understand. "I came... Sun, 05 May 2013 14:44:41 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2064270-feds-hepatitis-barrier-to-health-practice.html 2013-05-05T14:44:41Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1988334-patients-oklahoma-doctor-up-tests.html TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Hundreds of patients of an Oklahoma oral surgeon accused of unsanitary practices showed up at a health clinic Saturday, looking to find out whether they were exposed to hepatitis or the virus that causes AIDS. Letters began going out Friday to 7,000 patients who had seen Dr. W. Scott Harrington during the past six years, warning them t... Sat, 30 Mar 2013 23:47:54 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1988334-patients-oklahoma-doctor-up-tests.html 2013-03-30T23:47:54Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1986204-oklahoma-dental-clinic-inspections.html TULSA, Okla. (AP) — The Oklahoma agency that accused a Tulsa oral surgeon of unsanitary practices, putting thousands of people at risk for hepatitis and HIV, says it's never needed to inspect medical offices regularly. "This doesn't happen," Susan Rogers, the executive director of the Oklahoma Board of Dentistry, said Friday. "There's not been a need for ... Sat, 30 Mar 2013 01:59:39 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1986204-oklahoma-dental-clinic-inspections.html 2013-03-30T01:59:39Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1985224-hiv-test-urged-7000-oklahoma-dental-patients.html TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Health officials on Thursday urged thousands of patients of an Oklahoma oral surgeon to undergo hepatitis and HIV testing, saying unsanitary conditions behind his office's spiffy facade posed a threat to his clients and made him a "menace to the public health." State and county health inspectors went to Dr. W. Scott Harrington's practi... Fri, 29 Mar 2013 04:20:19 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1985224-hiv-test-urged-7000-oklahoma-dental-patients.html 2013-03-29T04:20:19Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1894294-un-warns-risk-hepatitis-s-sudan-grows.html GENEVA (AP) — The United Nations says an outbreak of hepatitis E has killed 111 refugees in camps in South Sudan since July, and has become endemic in the region. U.N. refugee agency spokesman Adrian Edwards says the influx of people to the camps from neighboring Sudan is believed to be one of the factors in the rapid spread of the contagious, life-threat... Fri, 15 Feb 2013 10:43:06 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1894294-un-warns-risk-hepatitis-s-sudan-grows.html 2013-02-15T10:43:06Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1843536-2nd-ny-hospital-warns-insulin-pen-infection.html OLEAN, N.Y. (AP) — A second western New York hospital is notifying patients that they may have been exposed to HIV, hepatitis B or hepatitis C through the improper sharing of insulin pens, hospital officials said Thursday. Olean General Hospital was mailing letters to 1,915 patients who received insulin at the hospital from November 2009 through last week... Thu, 24 Jan 2013 16:14:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1843536-2nd-ny-hospital-warns-insulin-pen-infection.html 2013-01-24T16:14:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1820172-feds-warned-risk-buffalo-va.html BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Federal authorities warned against the infection risks of using insulin pens on more than one patient, and officials on Monday asked why a Buffalo veterans hospital may have used the pens on many patients, causing an HIV scare. More than 700 patients admitted to the Veterans Affairs Western New York Healthcare System over a two-year ... Mon, 14 Jan 2013 21:17:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1820172-feds-warned-risk-buffalo-va.html 2013-01-14T21:17:00Z