A Long Road Ahead for Better Treatment of Valley Fever

A Long Road Ahead for Better Treatment of Valley Fever

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“In some patients, the treatment is as harsh as the disease itself,” said Dr. Arash Heidari, an assistant clinical professor at UCLA and an infectious disease specialist for Kern County and Kern Medical Center. In recent weeks, hundreds of people …
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A Times story highlights a potential breakthrough — like the one that saved

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Last spring, Whitehead's doctors performed an experimental treatment on her, removing millions of her T-cells and inserting new genes, using a “disabled form of H.I.V. because it is very good at carrying genetic material into T-cells.” From there, the …
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Police blotter: Dec. 11, 2012

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Battery Robert Tyler Washington, 60, of 2200 E. Court St., Apt. 406, was arrested at 1 p.m. Saturday by Kankakee police for battery after an incident on a Metro bus in which he reportedly shoved his forearm and wallet in the driver's face. … He was …
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Most People with Hepatitis C Go Untreated, Despite Effective Drugs

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Other barriers to treatment include patients' attitudes toward treatment, including a fear of the side effects associated with some of the anti-viral drugs and an inability or unwillingness to abstain from drugs or alcohol, which is required for …
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