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Hepatitis C: Boomers urged to get tested for virus

Saturday, May 19, 2012 15:18
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Bay Area health advocates and doctors welcomed the recommendations by federal health officers Friday that all Baby Boomers get tested for the liver-destroying virus hepatitis C.

The draft recommendations issued by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention called for anyone born between 1945 and 1965 to get a one-time blood test for the liver disease, believing that doing so could identify 800,000 people infected with it, prevent many cases of cirrhosis and liver cancer caused by the infection, and save more than 120,000 lives.

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