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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.’
HRVic
May 22, 2019
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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...
HRVic
Apr 8, 2019
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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...
HRVic
Apr 8, 2019
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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...
HRVic
Apr 8, 2019
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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...
HRVic
Oct 3, 2018
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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...
HRVic
Aug 27, 2018
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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...
HRVic
Jul 8, 2018
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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....
HRVic
Jun 26, 2018
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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...
HRVic
Jun 5, 2018
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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...
HRVic
Jan 16, 2018
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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...
HRVic
Nov 27, 2017
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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...
HRVic
Nov 14, 2017
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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...
HRVic
Oct 17, 2017
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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...
HRVic
Sep 20, 2017
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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...
HRVic
Aug 8, 2017
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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...
HRVic
Jul 4, 2017
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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...
HRVic
May 25, 2017
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