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Helene Bernstein, MD, PhD (photo by Jim Howe) Helene Bernstein, MD, PhD (photo by Jim Howe) Rates of hepatitis C infections are on the rise among adults in the United States, and some of those adults are pregnant women. Rates of hepatitis C infections are on the rise among adults in the United States, and some of those adults are pregnant women. Helene Bernstein, MD, PhD Helene Bernstein, MD, PhD, explains how the disease can easily be diagnosed through a blood test and treated with medication. (Click, explains how the disease can easily be diagnosed through a blood test and treated with medication. (Click here here for a paper she published on this topic.) She's an associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology and of microbiology and immunology at Upstate. for a paper she published on this topic.) She's an associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology and of microbiology and immunology at Upstate.