SWliverbuddies
@SWliverbuddies
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offering friendship and Support for all liver patients and carers for every step of their journey with Liver Disease. We are not offering medical advice.
Joined November 2020
It's #PancreaticCancerAwarenessMonth Pancreatic cancer is more common in people with chronic pancreatitis. About 70 out of 100 cases of chronic pancreatitis (about 70%) are due to drinking more than the recommended low risk guidance over a long period
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Toolkits Aren’t Treatment: Why Residential Rehab Needs Real Investment In response to a parliamentary question, Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Health and Social Care @AshleyDalton_MP reconfirmed that “The Department set an ambition that 2% of the drug and alcohol treatment
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The organ transplant waiting list is carefully managed to match donors and recipients by blood type, tissue compatibility, urgency, time waiting, and location. But demand far exceeds supply — leading to long waits and tough decisions. We urgently need more donors.
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The SNP is failing Scotland A catatonic government is letting down Scotland’s most in-need citizens Recently in Scotland, the Right To Recovery bill, which aimed to take drastic action to improve the prevalence of drug and alcohol addiction in my country, was voted down by the
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1/15 Our important work, The Citizens Protein Project 2 that analysed "hospital/doctor" prescribed whey protein vs. nutraceutical/fitness industry marketed whey protein is now peer-reviewed and published. Please share with your doctor! Full paper: https://t.co/0Y19mgajW9
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It's #PancreaticCancerAwarenessMonth Pancreatic cancer is more common in people with chronic pancreatitis. About 70 out of 100 cases of chronic pancreatitis (about 70%) are due to drinking more than the recommended low risk guidance over a long period
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Ignorant posturing from @wesstreeting. Blanket DNACPRs are wrong, but putting one on a patient doesn't require anyone's consent - only discussion. 'Repugnant': Do-not-resuscitate orders being given to learning disabled people without consent | ITV News
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PRESS STATEMENT – ANNEMARIE WARD, CEO, FACES & VOICES OF RECOVERY UK Right to Recovery Bill Rejected: Parliament Chooses Institutions Over People Today, Parliament had a chance to make history, and instead it chose to repeat it. By rejecting the Right to Recovery Bill, MSPs
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💚 October reminds us — health is more than physical. 💚 Our liver and mind are deeply connected. Living with chronic liver disease, #hepatitis B, C, or D, #livercancer, #MASLD, #MASH, alcohol-related liver disease, or rare conditions like #Alpha-1, #PBC, #PSC, or #LALD... can
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💪💚 Together, we can stop liver cancer before it starts! Primary prevention begins with awareness and action — by fighting the known risk factors: hepatitis B, C, and D infections, alcohol use, Fatty Liver Disease, MASLD, MASH, obesity and RareLiverDisease These challenges are
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As always, a great insight & emotional talk from a patient who has been through what we are talking about. Thank you to our transplant patient Jim! @GroupRvh
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We have been campaigning on this for many years ie #alcoholcausescancer and we need national action to address.
🆕IARC Evidence Summary Brief on #Alcohol🍺🍷🍸: a major preventable cause of #cancer. In this Brief, IARC synthesizes evidence on the burden of cancer due to alcohol, its economic impact, & effective interventions, with a clear call for policy action📢🏦. https://t.co/VkJGXQPZ3m
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Over 16,000 deaths from addiction in Scotland since 2019. Someone’s friend, husband, wife, sister, brother, uncle, aunt, niece, nephew - let’s try & stop the deaths, give hope to those struggling to get free from addiction. Please show your support for The Right To Recovery Bill.
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@FAVORUK As there are an estimated 149,000 people in Scotland dependent on alcohol or opioids - that is £13 per person for rehab.
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🔴 1/14 | BASL × FG Special Issue “Stigma is deadly in liver disease.” 📊 73% of patients report stigma ⏳ 29% delay care because of it 🩺 Nearly 50% face stigma from healthcare professionals 📰 Read the full commentary ➡️ https://t.co/ER0ufsEDts
#LiverHealth #Stigma
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Alcohol causes 7 types of cancer. It’s that simple. Allan from Sunderland spent 30 years drinking and wants people to know the risks they often don’t hear about. Everyone has a right to know the truth about alcohol and health.
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📉 Cancer & heart disease deaths ⬇️, but liver disease deaths ⬆️ by 64% in 20 years! 😞 A hidden culprit? Stigma. Most liver disease is preventable & treatable—if caught early. Stigma blocks patients from getting timely care. 🚫🩺 This commentary by @Nesheb and colleagues sheds
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🏴☠️ Physician Assistants strike again from GP land. This PA dude was mocking and making fun of his patient with chest pain and a strong family history of sudden cardiac death 💀. ⭕️ He didn’t tell the patient he was a PA and falsified the medical records. ⭕️ The patient ended
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