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A national screening programme is needed to tackle the "ticking time
bomb" of liver disease caused by alcohol, obesity and hepatitis,
according to a top doctor.
Dr Mark Wright, a consultant hepatologist at Southampton General Hospital, has called for action after the number of deaths rose by a quarter in less than a decade.
He made his comments after the Hampshire hospital unveiled its new high-tech ultrasound probe to diagnose liver damage without the need for invasive biopsies and overnight hospital stays.
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-s.../liver-disease-time-bomb-warning-7788273.html
bomb" of liver disease caused by alcohol, obesity and hepatitis,
according to a top doctor.
Dr Mark Wright, a consultant hepatologist at Southampton General Hospital, has called for action after the number of deaths rose by a quarter in less than a decade.
He made his comments after the Hampshire hospital unveiled its new high-tech ultrasound probe to diagnose liver damage without the need for invasive biopsies and overnight hospital stays.
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-s.../liver-disease-time-bomb-warning-7788273.html