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Imogen’s coast to coast cycle ride to help children with liver disease

Imogen’s coast to coast cycle ride to help children with liver disease

  A 13-year-old girl from Betley, who was born with a rare liver disease and received a transplant as a baby, will be taking on a four-day coast-to-coast cycle ride this weekend to raise funds to help other children ...
Super aunty Sophie conquers Ben Nevis for Nellie

Super aunty Sophie conquers Ben Nevis for Nellie

A devoted aunty from Wythall spent her birthday weekend doing a Ben Nevis climb to raise funds for a charity very close to her heart. Sophie Bosworth, 31, was joined by 12 friends, family members and work colleagues on the August Bank ...
Running to remember Codie – Aidan’s Mosspaul challenge

Running to remember Codie – Aidan’s Mosspaul challenge

Aidan Reilly has regularly taken part in the Mosspaul ride out, a 28 mile round trip which is a long established tradition in his home town of Hawick in the Scottish borders. Now the 30 year old police officer has decided to run the ...
What saying yes to organ donation means to us – a letter to our donor family

What saying yes to organ donation means to us – a letter to our donor family

Families often have to make the final decision about whether their loved ones organs are donated at the most heart breaking of times. Often organ recipients write letters to their donor family to thank them for their decision and ...
New treatment approved by NICE offers hope for people living with primary biliary cholangitis

New treatment approved by NICE offers hope for people living with primary biliary cholangitis

Thousands of primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) patients could benefit from new medication that may help reduce one of its most debilitating symptoms – persistent and severe itching, known as pruritus.   Taken as a daily pill, ...
Rachel to run ultra marathon in memory of her grandad

Rachel to run ultra marathon in memory of her grandad

Rachel Surgener from Rothesay on the Isle of Bute is taking on the North Yorks Ultra Challenge, a 50K run along the stunning coastline from Scarborough to Whitby, next weekend (June 20th).  She is hoping that her efforts will raise ...
A clinical study for people living with alcohol-related liver disease (ARLD)

A clinical study for people living with alcohol-related liver disease (ARLD)

The STARLIGHT Study is testing a study drug to see if it can reduce the harmful effects of alcohol on the liver in adults with ARLD who: • Are 18 to 70 years of age. • Have drunk alcohol within the last 4 months. • Have been ...
New research highlights stark inequalities in access to life-saving liver transplants

New research highlights stark inequalities in access to life-saving liver transplants

New research published today reveals a stark reality for people with chronic liver disease in England: despite facing a high risk of death after emergency hospital admission, the vast majority are not receiving a potentially ...
New Pilot Assessment and Recovery Centres could save hundreds of lives a year 

New Pilot Assessment and Recovery Centres could save hundreds of lives a year 

An additional 200 liver transplants could be carried out per year, if 15 pilot Assessment and Recovery Centres (ARC) set up by NHS Blood and Transplant are successful.   Under the pilot scheme donated organs that might not otherwise ...
A historic moment for liver health

A historic moment for liver health

On the 21st of May 2026, the 79th World Health Assembly voted to adopt a resolution on steatotic liver disease. Steatotic liver disease includes metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD), metabolic ...
Cell therapy offers ‘real hope’ for people living with cirrhosis

Cell therapy offers ‘real hope’ for people living with cirrhosis

A pioneering treatment which could slow or reverse liver failure and offer a potential alternative to liver transplants has shown positive results in a medical trial. 70% of end-stage liver disease patients who were treated with ...
Liver transplantation for severe alcohol-related hepatitis. A UK initiative

Liver transplantation for severe alcohol-related hepatitis. A UK initiative

Alcohol-related liver disease is the most common cause of liver failure and alcohol-specific death in the UK. Liver failure due to alcohol is a devastating illness. It causes early death. And can seriously affect survivors and their ...
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