Canadian Hemochromatosis Blog

In Canada, May is Hemochromatosis Awareness Month. The Mayors of most Canadian cities and the Health Ministers of many provinces formally act to proclaim the need to become aware of hemochromatosis; the most common genetic disorder in Canada. In 2009, it will happen again. Awareness month began in 1987 when 523 new diagnoses were directly [...]

The Facts on Hereditary Hemochromatosis Recently I was having dinner with a friend who is a semi-retired physician who performs locums at a local medical clinic in my community.  He mentioned that the day before he had worked at the clinic and he was assigned 53 out of a total 114 patients that day between [...]