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Table of Contents

 
From the Editor

Love Your Liver

Overcoming Adversity

Managing HIV and HCV on the Inside

Double Trouble

Let’s Talk About Sex

Needle Knows

Mr. Coinfection

Survivor’s Instinct

Transplant Trends

Time for Treatment?

 
 

 

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From the Editor
by Tim Horn
The fight against chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) has reached a long-awaited turning point.

Love Your Liver
by Cindra Feuer
This vital organ works hard for you. Here's how.

Overcoming Adversity
by Reed Vreeland
For Wayne Starks, 51, a former New York City bus driver, overcoming addiction and staying sober have been central to his fight to be healthy while living with both HIV and hepatitis C virus (HCV). 

Managing HIV and HCV on the Inside
by Laura Whitehorn
Hep C cases behind bars outstrip those on the street by almost 10 to 1.

Double Trouble
by Benjamin Ryan
A second virus confronts people living with HIV.

Let’s Talk About Sex
by Benjamin Ryan
Recent research suggests that unprotected sex between gay men—especially if they are HIV positive—is promoting hepatitis C transmission in major urban areas across the globe.

Needle Knows
by Tim Horn
If you’re living with HIV and hep C and still using drugs and alcohol, typically the best advice for you is to get clean.

Mr. Coinfection
by Tim Horn
Activist Jules Levin battles for awareness for HIV and hep C

Survivor’s Instinct
by Cristina González
When Lillian Anglada, 53, learned she had hepatitis C, a deep sense of shock set in.

Transplant Trends
by Tim Horn
A little more than a decade ago, there wasn't much hope for HIV-positive people with a failing organ, such as a liver ravaged by hep C-related cirrhosis. 

Time for Treatment?
by Benjamin Ryan
The odds of curing hep C are now better than ever.

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