- Friday, April 26, 2024
By: Keerthi Mohan
Most people with fatal advanced liver disease become aware of the problem only when are are admitted as an emergency, revealed a news study. In the UK, more than 60,000 adults have cirrhosis (scarring) of the liver, however, nearly 75 percent do not know it, the research published in the Lancet revealed. Deaths from liver disease have increased by 400 percent since the 1970s, but most cases are easily preventable with the major risk factors such as alcohol, obesity and viral hepatitis accounting for up to 90 percent of cases. Professor Nick Sheron, a liver expert from the University of…
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