Dear Dr. Gott: I'm a 74-year-old female and have recently contracted hepatitis C. I'm too old for interferon or a transplant. I'm itching all over and have tried cornstarch and all anti-itch creams.

It’s been called the silent epidemic. Hepatitis C is the most common chronic blood-borne viral infection in the United States with 4 million Americans infected. Because it can linger for decades with ...

STANFORD, Calif. Researchers at Stanford University have found a possible new way to combat hepatitis C, according to a report published online in the Aug. 31 issue of Nature Biotechnology. The ...

Ten years ago, safe and effective treatments for hepatitis C became available. These pills are easy-to-take oral antivirals with few side effects. They cure 95% of patients who take them. The ...

Prurigo nodularis (PN) is extremely itchy skin that leads to a bumpy rash. The rash appears as the result of repeated scratching, picking, or rubbing of the itchy areas of the skin. There isn’t one ...

For a decade now, the world has had highly effective medications for hepatitis C infections. In the United States, they’ve mostly been sitting on the shelf, according to a new study. These drugs, ...