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For patients with stage 4 or 5 chronic kidney disease and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, 12 weeks of treatment with glecaprevir and pibrentasvir results in a high rate of sustained virologic response, according to a study published online Oct. 11 in the New England Journal of Medicine. Edward Gane, M.D., from Auckland City Hospital in New Zealand, and colleagues conducted a multicenter trial to examine the efficacy and safety of combination treatment with the NS3/4A protease inhibitor glecaprevir and the NS5A inhibitor pibrentasvir for 12 weeks in adults with HCV infection and compensated liver disease with severe renal impairment, dependence on dialysis, or both. Participants had stage 4 or 5 chronic kidney disease. One hundred four patients were enrolled in the trial. The researchers found that the sustained virologic response rate was 98 percent. During treatment, none of the patients had virologic failure, and none had a virologic relapse after the end of treatment. Pruritus, fatigue, and nausea were reported in at least 10 percent of the patients. Twenty-four percent of the patients reported serious adverse events. Because of adverse events, four patients discontinued the trial treatment prematurely; three of these had sustained virologic response

eMedEvents is recognized as a Winner of eHealthcare Leadership Awards at a special presentation on November 11, 2015 at the 19th Annual Healthcare Internet Conference in Orlando, Florida. eMedEvents won the Best Overall Internet Site-Silver award under physician focused category for an outstanding website. Judges reviewed eMedEvents based on a proprietary multi-point standard of Internet excellence. The Best Overall Internet Site category had to meet more than 40 factors. Ms. Priya Korrapati, CEO of eMedEvents, has said, "We passionately believe in building a technology empowered platform that helps healthcare professionals and provide tools to find medical conferences that fits each physician's unique CME needs" on winning the prestigious award. The eHealthcare Leadership Awards 2015 has received tremendous response with over 1000 entries competing in 15 different categories and diverse healthcare backgrounds. The awards highlight the role played by the Internet in helping healthcare organizations achieve their objectives. The awards also celebrate the hard work that lies underneath each of the winning websites and digital communications initiatives. About eMedEvents eMedEvents is a leading website with most comprehensive database of medical conferences for physicians to discover medical conferences that fit with their unique needs such as CME credits, Location preferences and Board reviews. With over 6000 medical conferences 2015 to choose from, the website is a perfect location to find any medical conference in multiple medical specialties across the globe. About eHealthcare Leadership awards The Healthcare Internet Conference is a popular event that brings together the leaders from various disciplines of the healthcare industry to learn, collaborate and celebrate best practices. The conference aims at helping the healthcare leaders with the ever growing challenges of the online world through collaboration with leading marketers, and other web based service

As a family physician, you are responsible for providing personal, integrated and on-going care to all members of the families in your practice. And because you are not limited to a particular type of patient or condition, we understand your need for a large scope of continuing medical education (CME) made easily available. Our database of family medicine conferences displays opportunities to earn CME hours required of family physicians in the United States, Canada and other countries. Easily search for conferences that will support your goal of providing preventive care, helping patients with health management or even treating a specific condition. We feature a variety of family medicine CME events hosted by reputable organizations dedicated to this specific division of primary care. Two of these organizations include the American Academy of Family Physicians and the World Organization of Family Doctors (WONCA). If you are ready to start your next round of medical education, scroll through or filter our full list of upcoming annual primary care updates, introductory courses, hands-on workshops and other types of family medicine conferences. And for related events, we recommend reviewing our list of Internal Medicine conferences.