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Hepatitis Summary
651 words, approx. 2 pages
Perhaps the first account of hepatitis occurred in the second century b.c., when Greek physicians described a mysterious and often fatal disease that caused inflammation of the liver. They noted that the skin of afflicted patients had a distinguishing...
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Hepatitis : Environmental Health Terms
299 words, approx. 1 pages
Literally any inflammation of the liver. More commonly the term is used to describe the disease ‘hepatitis’ as being one caused by one of several viruses; more correctly the disease should therefore be referred to as ‘viral...
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Hepatitis : Environmental Science and Engineering
45 words, approx. 1 pages
This disease is spread by drinking virus-contaminated water and eating shellfish which have accumulated viruses in the shell liquor. The virus passes unchanged through the stomach and lodges in the small intestine and moves to the liver, causing...
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Hepatitis and Hepatitis Viruses Summary
2,328 words, approx. 8 pages
Hepatitis is inflammation of the liver, a potentially life-threatening disease most frequently caused by viral infections but which may also result from liver damage caused by toxic substances such as alcohol and certain drugs. Hepatitis viruses...
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Hepatitis Information
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Hepatitis (plural hepatitides) implies injury to liver characterised by presence of inflammatory cells in the liver tissue. Etymologically from ancient Greek hepar (ηπαρ) or hepato- (ηπατο-) meaning 'liver' and suffix -itis denoting...
 


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Current Health 2, a Weekly Reader publication
Hepatitis.
12/01/1995: 878 words, approx. 3 pages
Hepatitis is a liver infection that can be caused by five different viruses. The most common type is hepatitis A, which is spread by contaminated food and water. Symptoms, transmission and treatment of hepatitis varieties are discussed. In a small town in Delaware,...
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The Exceptional Parent
Hepatitis: Know the facts and prevent hepatitis.
11/01/1999: 1,338 words, approx. 5 pages
Q Is my child at risk for hepatitis? A The close interaction in daycare centers, schools, and other facilities between children with disabilities and their peers and caregivers puts them at risk of contracting and spreading hepatitis. It is important that parents...
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Escaped hostage: American has hepatitis
5/17/2007: 600 words, approx. 2 pages
The mother of one of three American military contractors kidnapped by leftist rebels in 2003 said Thursday she was heartbroken to learn from an escaped captive that her son is suffering from hepatitis deep in the Amazon jungle."I knew in my heart he was alive,...
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FDA OKs Another Drug to Treat Hepatitis
10/25/2006: 261 words, approx. 1 pages
The tens of thousands of people in the U.S. who are infected by hepatitis B each year gained a new drug on Wednesday to fight the virus. The Food and Drug Administration said it approved Tyzeka, known generically as telbivudine,...
 


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Hepatitis: A Dirty Virus
697 words, approx. 2 pages
An overview of the six different strains of hepatitis and the effects of each one.


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