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HAEMOPHILIA SCOTLAND: JOINT CONTAMINATED BLOOD AND BLOOD PRODUCTS CAMPAIGN MEETING REPORT

6th September 2017 Mark Ward

JOINT CONTAMINATED BLOOD AND BLOOD PRODUCTS CAMPAIGN MEETING REPORT On Saturday the 26th August, Haemophilia Scotland and the Scottish Infected Blood Forum held a joint meeting to discuss a collective response to the announcement that there will be a UK Public Inquiry into the contaminated blood and blood products disaster. The meeting was well attended by affected people, including independent campaigners, […]

Haemophilia Scotland Statement: UK Contaminated Blood & Blood Products Inquiry & Meeting

2nd August 2017 Mark Ward

UK CONTAMINATED BLOOD AND BLOOD PRODUCTS INQUIRY AND MEETING Since Haemophilia Scotland was established we have tried to report back as quickly as possible about all of our activities. Therefore, we wanted to keep you up to date with developments in the last couple of weeks since the UK Inquiry into the contaminated blood and blood products disaster was announced. We received a copy of […]

Haemophilia

Blood donation rules relaxed for gay men and sex workers

24th July 2017 Mark Ward

Blood donation rules relaxed for gay men and sex workers Blood donation rules for sex workers and gay men are being relaxed in England and Scotland after improvements in the accuracy of testing procedures. Men who have sex with men can now give blood three months after their last sexual activity instead of 12. And sex workers, who […]

ALERT: ISSUE IDENTIFIED IN BPL PLASMA PRODUCTS PRODUCTION

19th July 2017 Mark Ward

ISSUE IDENTIFIED IN BPL PLASMA PRODUCTS PRODUCTION 19TH JULY 2017 JEFFERSON COURTNEY The Department of Health (DH) published a statement (below) this morning regarding an issue identified during a routine inspection of Bio Products Laboratory (BPL) and their production of plasma derived blood products. The statement says that there was a problem with the computer software which controls the […]

Sex without fear – my experiment with the HIV-prevention drug PrEP

22nd June 2017 Mark Ward

Sex without fear – my experiment with the HIV-prevention drug PrEP PrEP is controversial even on the gay scene. Does the drug encourage dangerous ‘barebacking’ or could it be the game-changer that wipes out HIV for good? Matt Cain decided to take it for three months and find out Matt Cain: PrEP is only available on the NHS in Scotland, […]

HIV / AIDS

‘Miracle’ hepatitis C drugs costing £30k per patient ‘may have no clinical effect’

13th June 2017 Mark Ward

‘Miracle’ hepatitis C drugs costing £30k per patient ‘may have no clinical effect’ Review concludes drugs hailed as cure for potentially fatal liver disease may clear virus from blood, but there is no evidence they prevent harm or save lives Hepatitis C is a viral infection that causes chronic liver disease and can lead to death from cirrhosis and cancer. […]

Hepatitis

Health professionals are ‘discriminating against terminally ill LGBT people’ says Marie Curie

17th May 2017 Mark Ward

Health professionals are ‘discriminating against terminally ill LGBT people’ says Marie Curie Benjamin Butterworth 15th May 2017, 12:38 PM Secretary of State for Health, Jeremy Hunt (Getty) LGBT people with terminal illnesses face discrimination from healthcare professionals, a major new study has found. A staggering 74% of terminal patients who identify as LGBT said they did not feel confident services would […]

LGBT Care

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Long-Term Survivors: There Are Solutions

12th May 2017 Mark Ward

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Long-Term Survivors: There Are Solutions By David Fawcett, Ph.D., L.C.S.W. From TheBodyPRO.com May 1, 2017 Although great strides have been made researching the health implications of HIV/AIDS for long-term survivors (LTS), the main focus of these studies has been on physiological issues such as virologic and immunologic concerns, the long-term impact on immune function and other body […]

Jamaican Scientists Are Creating Affordable Hepatitis C Drug From Cannabis

28th April 2017 Mark Ward

Jamaican Scientists Are Creating Affordable Hepatitis C Drug From Cannabis Stephen Calabria 25 February, 2017 Photo credit A group of Caribbean scientists has reportedly made a major breakthrough in using cannabidiol (CBD) – an active compound in cannabis – to treat hepatitis C. The discovery Photo credit The effort is being led by leading Jamaican cancer researcher Dr. Henry […]

Hepatitis

Contaminated Blood Scandal – Potential Police Investigation

28th April 2017 Mark Ward

Andy Burnham demands NHS contaminated blood inquiry Outgoing Labour MP says there was an industrial-scale cover-up over infection of haemophiliacs with HIV and hepatitis Haemophilia victims have been vindicated as a criminal cover-up is debated in Parliament. Some of the widespread media coverage is featured below. Published on 11 Apr 2017 The Victoria Derbyshire Show : BBC2 / […]

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