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Les antiviraux à action directe (AAD) ont un effet positif sur la dépression et les fonctions cognitives des patients atteints d’hépatite C chronique

Depression, anxiety, neuroticism and results of neurocognitive tests: aBeck Depression Inventory; bAssessed by State-Trait Anxiety inventory (STAI); cEvaluated by Eysenck Personality Inventory (N/EPO-R); dSum of immediate recall from Trial-1 to Trial-5 in California Verbal Learning Test (CVLT); eRuff Figural Fluency Test (RFFT); fWisconsin Card Sorting Test (WCST) in 52 chronic hepatitis C patients before and after antiviral therapy. Patients with advanced liver disease were F3/F4 on the Metavir scale and patients with mild liver disease were F0-F3. Statistical analysis

Direct-acting antivirals (DAA) positively affect depression and cognitive function in patients with chronic hepatitis C Tomasz Pawłowski, Marek Radkowski, Karol Perlejewski , Bogna Szymańska, Hanna Berak, Andrzej Horban, Tomasz LaskusPublished: April…

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Update on our pleading

Provincial HCV Committee Advocacy Update As part of our mandate, we have updated our recommendations to help achieve the WHO's goal of eliminating...

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Point-of-Care HCV Screening for MSM in a Festive Setting

A large-scale screening of hepatitis C among men who have sex with men in the community using saliva point-of-care testing

Point-of-care HCV screening for MSM in festive settings Original reference article: Résumé traduit en français (source PNMVH) January 16, 2025 Although sexual transmission is a major cause of...

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Progress towards eliminating viral hepatitis in Quebec

Progress towards the elimination of viral hepatitis in Quebec In our last article, we shared some information about progress towards the elimination of viral hepatitis in Canada, and gave the...

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New cases of acute hepatitis detected in children

New cases of acute hepatitis detected in children In recent weeks, cases of severe acute hepatitis, possibly caused by a virus of unknown origin, have...

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Election 2022 in Quebec, party intentions on drug policies.

Six parties, eight major issues Over the past 3 years, fatal and non-fatal overdoses have become more than ever a part of everyday life for people who use drugs...

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HCV eradication by 2030, a goal threatened by COVID-19?

HCV eradication in 2030, a goal threatened by COVID-19? (Article published in the International Journal of Medicine on February 17, 2021. For the full article, you can...

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It's National Hepatitis C Awareness Day in Quebec!

It's National Hepatitis C Awareness Day in Quebec! On April 29, 2024, National Hepatitis C Awareness Day in Quebec, we're calling on the government to...

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Herpes and sexuality? Yes, it's possible

Soutien et informations en lien avec le virus de l'herpès

Herpes and sexuality? Yes, it's possible Many people living with herpes will restrict or even put aside their sexuality. Why is this? For fear of transmitting the virus, for...

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