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Gay Men Have Higher Liver-Related Mortality From HBV Than HCV In a population of men who have sex with men chronic hepatitis B virus led to twice as many liver-related deaths as chronic hepatitis C virus.
Reuters Health Information, May 17, 2012
Four Bad Actors Cause Most Infection-Related Cancer And they are all preventable in some way.
Medscape Medical News, May 8, 2012

The Role of Pharmacists as Adult Vaccine Administrators Through their frequent contact with the public, pharmacists are in the perfect position to encourage people to get the vaccines they need.
CDC Expert Commentary, May 7, 2012
2012 Adult Immunization Schedule: The Key Changes Sandra Fryhofer, MD, provides the important changes in a quick overview of the ACIP 2012 Adult Immunization Schedule.
Medscape Internal Medicine, February 1, 2012

What's New in the Alphabet Soup of Viral Hepatitis
Medscape Infectious Diseases, June 7, 2011
Can Pregnant Women Take Antivirals?
Medscape Gastroenterology, April 18, 2011
Coinfection of HBV/HIV in South Africa
Medscape HIV/AIDS, December 16, 2010
Does This Patient Have Both Hepatitis B and C?
Medscape Gastroenterology, December 14, 2010