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Liver Foundation is excited to announce a new opportunity to join our team as we expand our support line for people with primary liver cancer. This innovative nurse-led helpline is part of the Australian Cancer Nursing and Navigation Program (ACNNP), designed to ensure that all people affected by cancer—regardless of tumour type or stage—have access… Read more
Our FREE nurse-led support line is available from 8:00am – 6:00pm (AEST). Call 1800 841 118 to speak to a friendly, expert liver nurse for advice and support. This line is free to call. Our friendly nurses are experts in primary liver cancer and underlying liver disease. Our service is entirely free from judgement and… Read more
Key points Anyone with cirrhosis or liver cancer can develop advanced liver disease If you have advanced liver disease, your liver doesn’t work anymore. You might develop serious health problems There are lots of things both you and your medical team can do to prevent your condition getting worse The most important things: make sure… Read more
Regular exercise has many benefits for the health and wellbeing of people living with fatty liver disease. Fatty liver disease means you have too much fat in the liver. It’s the most common liver disease in the world. It affects about one in three adults. If you don’t look after yourself, it can lead to… Read more
A healthy diet, regular exercise and losing excess body weight can help reverse fatty liver disease. Here are some tips for daily life. Getting a diagnosis of fatty liver disease can come as a shock. You had no symptoms, perhaps you received your diagnosis after an ultrasound for a completely different matter. In fact, around… Read more
The Annual West Coast Liver Meeting is a unique multidisciplinary meeting that happens annually on the West Coast of Australia. The meeting brings together international hepatologists, liver transplant surgeons, radiologists, immunologists, histopathologists and surgeons and physicians from various other disciplines. Our keynote speakers are internationally renowned in their area of work and come to the… Read more
The virus that causes COVID-19 is very contagious. People with liver disease are just as likely to get infected as anyone else. How does COVID-19 affect the liver? COVID-19 can affect the liver along with many other organs. If you catch COVID-19, it can raise levels of the enzymes alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and/or aspartate aminotransferase… Read more
The Liver Foundation has launched brand new GP Education and it’s getting rave reviews from GPs. Liver diseases cost Australia 40% more than type 2 diabetes and chronic kidney diseases combined. Metabolic-associated fatty liver disease (MAFLD) is the most prevalent liver disease in history. But knowledge of this condition among GPs is generally poor, given… Read more
One of the best things you can do to protect your liver is to bring more movement and exercise into your day. Your liver is essential for life. It performs over 500 vital functions every day. One of the best things you can do to protect this amazing organ is to bring more movement and… Read more
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