Baby Boomers: Canadian Medical Association Journal

Canadian Medical Association Journal: In an article in Monday's Canadian Medical Association Journal, the Toronto liver specialists say people born between 1945 and 1975 should be tested because the age group is thought to account for more than 75 per cent of all cases of hepatitis C infection in Canada, according to Huffington Post. "Baby boomers are much more likely to be infected with hepatitis C than other age groups," said co-author Dr. Jordan Feld, a liver specialist at Toronto Western Hospital and TORONTO - Canada should start screening a large segment of the population including all baby boomers for hepatitis C, says a group of doctors who treat the potentially deadly liver disease. Chronic infection with the blood-borne virus is a major cause of cirrhosis of the liver and the most common reason for liver transplantation in North America. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.