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New study suggests that Ontario should shift from adolescent to newborn hepatitis B vaccination
A recent University Health Network(UHN) led research study found that despite being recommended, not all pregnant women are universally screened for hepatitis B virus (HBV) in Ontario, and the majority of those who do test positive do not receive follow-up testing or interventions. The study also found that children born […]
A New Lease on Life
My liver story begins in July 2000. My boyfriend, Jeremy, and I decided to take a summer holiday to Edmonton and Calgary to visit family, and during our trip I started to get really sick – loss of appetite, losing weight, feeling really achy in my bones and joints, and […]
Low Sodium Cooking from the Heart
Pam Vivian is no stranger to the importance of good nutrition when living with liver disease. It was March 2017 when her own health began to change – her stomach swelled, she began to feel generally unwell, and her weight dropped significantly. Soon after, it was confirmed she was living […]
Living the New-Liver Life
In mid-September of 2013, I entered the hospital with flu-like symptoms and an extremely bloated belly. After days of tests, procedures, and interventions, it was determined that I was suffering from acute liver failure due to Budd Chiari Syndrome (blood clots blocking the flow of blood from my liver).
Strolling for Dad
My father had been living with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) for several years. His health wasn’t great, but, at first, that wasn’t slowing him down much. He would follow up regularly with his hepatologist who told him that he was stable. This went on for years. Then, his NAFLD […]
Paying it Forward
In April 2016, not long after I turned 40, I began experiencing horrible pain along my sternum. My doctor sent me for a series of tests, and, after undergoing blood work and scan after scan, I was diagnosed with primary sclerosing cholangitis—a rare autoimmune disease that causes scarring and inflammation […]
Fighting the Stigma of Liver Disease: My Family Legacy
It was mid-July in 2013 that my father, Dale, went to see his family doctor with harsh pains in his abdomen. The doctor instructed my dad to go to the hospital immediately. Not long afterwards, my father was told he had advanced liver failure and likely didn’t have long to […]
Dr. Francis Ho
My name is Dr. Francis Ho, and I am a retired family doctor living and working in Vancouver. I am 89 years old and yet I am planning on participating in this year’s Stroll for Liver once again, as I do every year.