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Canada should screen all baby boomers for hepatitis C, experts argue
Sheryl Ubelacker
The Canadian Press
Published Monday, Sep. 30 2013, 12:57 PM EDT
Last updated Monday, Sep. 30 2013, 1:49 PM EDT
A group of doctors says Canada should start screening all baby boomers for the potentially deadly liver disease hepatitis C.
Hepatitis C is a major cause of cirrhosis of the liver and the most common reason for liver transplantation in North America...
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Source: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/...ticle14580517/
Report calls for hepatitis C testing of Canadian boomers
ADRIANA BARTON
The Globe and Mail
Published Monday, Sep. 30 2013, 12:00 PM EDT
Last updated Monday, Sep. 30 2013, 2:23 PM EDT
A team of liver specialists joined the chorus of Canadian experts calling for a national strategy to diagnose and treat hepatitis C in Canada?s baby-boomer population, in a report published Monday in the Canadian Medical Association Journal.
?Hepatitis C is clearly underdiagnosed and undertreated throughout North America,? said co-author Dr. Jordan Feld, a hepatologist at the Toronto Western Hospital Liver Centre. ?This is a curable infection,? he added, ?but most people don?t know they have it...?
Canada should screen all baby boomers for hepatitis C, experts argue
Sheryl Ubelacker
The Canadian Press
Published Monday, Sep. 30 2013, 12:57 PM EDT
Last updated Monday, Sep. 30 2013, 1:49 PM EDT
A group of doctors says Canada should start screening all baby boomers for the potentially deadly liver disease hepatitis C.
Hepatitis C is a major cause of cirrhosis of the liver and the most common reason for liver transplantation in North America...
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Source: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/...ticle14580517/
Report calls for hepatitis C testing of Canadian boomers
ADRIANA BARTON
The Globe and Mail
Published Monday, Sep. 30 2013, 12:00 PM EDT
Last updated Monday, Sep. 30 2013, 2:23 PM EDT
A team of liver specialists joined the chorus of Canadian experts calling for a national strategy to diagnose and treat hepatitis C in Canada?s baby-boomer population, in a report published Monday in the Canadian Medical Association Journal.
?Hepatitis C is clearly underdiagnosed and undertreated throughout North America,? said co-author Dr. Jordan Feld, a hepatologist at the Toronto Western Hospital Liver Centre. ?This is a curable infection,? he added, ?but most people don?t know they have it...?