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New hope for hepatitis C, an often hidden disease (AP)

10:09am GMT, Wednesday, 19 January 2011

Dr. Paul J. Pockros, head, Division of Gastroenterology/ Hepatology and director, Liver Disease Center, talks with patient Loretta Roberts as they view her information on a computer screen in his exam room at Scripps Green Hospital in San Diego, in this photo taken Thursday, Jan. 13, 2011. (AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi)AP - There’s new hope for an overlooked epidemic: Two powerful drugs are nearing the market that promise to help cure many more people of liver-attacking hepatitis C — even though most who have the simmering infection don’t know it yet.



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