The patient had porphyria cutanea tarda (PCT), a cutaneous disease that results from alteration in the pathway of heme synthesis. Three types of PCT are recognized. Types 1 and 2, which account for ...

Hepatitis C is a viral infection impacting millions of people in the world. Nearly 58 million people worldwide have hepatitis C, with an estimated 2.4 to 3 million people living with it in the United ...

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration is attaching a black box warning to the Vertex Pharmaceuticals hepatitis C treatment Incivek over a potentially fatal rash. The FDA says ...

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Lindsay Curtis is a health & medical writer in South Florida. She worked as a communications professional for health nonprofits and the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of ...