1999 - 2000 Archive
Program #25
We know that when men start to lose their hair, some will go to great lengths to hide their baldness. But when the baldness is caused by an autoimmune disease, it's hard to hide. That disease is called alopecia, and it affects men and women, young and old.
For more information, contact: Alopecia Areata Support and Information Service of Toronto (AASIST) (416) 410-5462 NAAF (National Alopecia Areata Foundation) (415) 456-4655 email: NAAF@compuserve.com Dr. Charlene Linzon Directpr, Hair Clinic Dermatology Sunnybrook and Women's COllege Health Sciences Centre 76 Grenville Street, Toronto, ON M5S 1B2 (416) 323-SKIN
Alopecia is one type of autoimmune disease, and there are many other familiar diseases fall into this catagory: rheumatoid arthritis, lupus and juvenile diabetes. Oncologist, TV host, and best-selling author, Dr. Rob Buckman has a personal interest in autoimmune diseases and he joins us to discuss it. Your family doctor can't see you for two weeks, and for many rural Canadians, the doctor is an hour away. Barb Wahl is president of the Ontario Nurses' Association and she says there's an easy answer to the crisis in family medicine.
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