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The British Liver Trust supports campaign to recruit people to take part in COVID-19 treatment clinical trial
Adults over the age of 50 or with an underlying health condition, including people with liver disease, who test positive for COVID-19 are being urged to sign up for a world-first COVID-19 study which is providing life-saving ...
Transplant recipients invited to take part in new COVID-19 antibody study
If you have had a transplant, you’re aged 18 or over and have had (or are about to have) your third COVID-19 vaccine, you might like to consider taking part in a new study called the ‘Melody’ study.
What is the study about?
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Charity calls for people in the UK to pledge to improve their liver health in 2022 following surge in liver disease deaths
The latest data reveals that deaths from liver disease in UK increased by an alarming 15% in 2020.1 Across the UK, 10,883 adults died of liver disease in 2020 - 30 people every day - compared to 9,470 deaths in 2019.
90% of these ...
Dental care for children with liver disease by Julie Mitchell, Consultant in Paediatric Dentistry
Whilst good dental health is a priority for any parent, for those who have children with liver disease it is a particular concern. Children may be at increased risk of tooth decay if on a high calorie (high sugar) diet. In addition ...
New study looks at real world effectiveness of Covid-19 vaccines in solid organ transplant recipients
New research, published in the scientific journal Transplantation, has looked at the effectiveness of the Pfizer and Oxford-Astra Zeneca vaccines for Covid-19 in solid organ and islet transplant recipients. The research looked at the ...
The British Liver Trust supports the launch of the NHS Better Health campaign
A new Better Health marketing campaign has been launched today to help people prevent risks of developing serious illness and help reduce the risk of being hospitalised with COVID-19.
Better Health is working in partnership with 15 ...
Meet Dorset’s alcohol care team
As part of the Sound The Alarm campaign, the British Liver Trust is calling for every NHS Trust to have an alcohol care team to support those who drink too much and to refer people who have alcohol-related liver disease to specialised ...
How to develop resilience
Kirstin's daughter, Erin, was born with biliary atresia and went on to have a transplant. Here she shares her thoughts and tips on how to develop resilience in your child.
When Erin was first diagnosed, I re-evaluated ...
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