Articles

Female doctor giving an young child a vaccination
Clinical Articles / July/August 2006 BY: Jane A. Buxton, MBBS, MHSc, FRCPC, Mei Chong, MSc, Cheryl McIntyre, RN, Elizabeth Brodkin, MD,, Linda McCannell, RN, BScN,, Mary Margaret Proudfoot, BN, MSc,, Margot Smythe, RN, BSN

Background Hepatitis B (HB) is a viral infection that can be acquired by vertical transmission. Approximately 90% of infants infected with hepatitis B virus (HBV) will progress to chronic... Read More

X-ray of liver disease
Clinical Articles / June 2006 BY: Hin Hin Ko, MD, Henry V. Chung, MD, FRCPC,, Brian J. McMahon, MD, MACP,, Kathy J. Hurlburt, MD,, Laura T. Arbour, MD, MSc, FRCPC, FCCMG,, Eric M. Yoshida, OBC, MD, MHSc, FRCPC

The global health of Aboriginal people is suboptimal when compared with the health of the general North American population, and many disease processes, some with a genetic component, appear to be... Read More

Image of multiple different charts
Clinical Articles / June 2006 BY: Amy C. MacArthur, MHSc, Chris D. Bajdik, PhD,, John J. Spinelli, PhD,, Charmaine Kim-Sing, MD, ChB, FRCPC, Richard P. Gallagher, MA, FACE,

Background Genetic counseling and testing for recognized cancer-related gene mutations is offered in most provinces in Canada. It is believed that only a small proportion of eligible subjects... Read More