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Article: Milk thistle seed quickly germinates
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- August 5, 2005
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The Hepatitis C virus can take from 10 to 30 years to show outward
symptoms. Outside the obvious high-risk groups, it is often first
detected as part of life insurance physicals. By the time is
discovered, cirrhosis and liver failure can be imminent.
According to the Centers for Disease Control, 1.8 percent of the
American population is infected. There is no vaccination, only
treatment with Interferon, which is physically difficult, quite
expensive and not always effective.
The search for a less costly treatment for Hepatitis C has, for
better or worse, led many sufferers back to herbal supplements.
Throughout history, one plant has long been known for "carrying off