Celebrities with Hepatitis C
Natalie Cole was recently diagnosed with Hepatitis C.
According to her doctor:
“Natalie has had a terrific response to her medication and is now virus negative,” Woolf, the Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine at UCLA/Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, said. “This gives her an increased chance of cure.”
More Celebrities with Hep C:
July 19th, 2008 at 11:34 pm
There’s a LOT more celebs than this. Wish they would come forward and help raise some awareness and educate the public!
Check out the lists at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_with_hepatitis_C AND
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:List_of_people_with_hepatitis_C
1 in 12 on the planet have some form of hepatitis. 5 million in the U.S. have Hep C and only 4 million know it. Hep C patients outnumber HIV patients FIVE TO ONE! There aren’t any symptoms until the latter stages of the disease. KNOW your Hep C status. Ask your doctor to add a simple blood test to your next set of labs.
July 24th, 2008 at 12:43 pm
Thank you for sharing that information!!
September 29th, 2008 at 5:31 am
The wikipedia page has a better list. Nevertheless, thanks for starting the conversation on this topic! Greta blog, I’ll be back soon.
September 30th, 2008 at 8:19 pm
We should all be talking about this more, ya know?