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Follow on Google News | Streaming Well Teams Up With British Liver Trust To Highlight Deadly Liver DiseasesLONDON – 8 January 2013 – Digital health publisher Streaming Well and British Liver Trust, today launch a video series to reduce deadly liver diseases through awareness of liver health.
By: Streaming Well To embed the video, please copy and paste the following embed tag: <iframe width="853" height="480" In the UK, death from liver disease has increased by 25 per cent this past decade. Alcohol related liver disease is responsible for a third of these cases.[1] (http://www.streamingwell.com/ Consultant hepatologist Dr Mark Wright warns: “The problem with the liver is that it suffers in silence. You don’t get any symptoms from liver disease until you start presenting complications. At this stage there is less we can do.”[3] (http://www.streamingwell.com/ In response to this urgent need to educate the general public on liver health, Streaming Well have released a series of three online videos in association with British Liver Trust. Each video provides useful information on the harmful effects of alcohol on the liver, along with complications that can be caused through contracting viral hepatitis and developing a fatty liver. The series marks the first collaboration between British Liver Trust and Streaming Well. With a steady increase in liver related deaths in the UK in recent years,[4] (http://www.streamingwell.com/ Francis Namouk, CEO and co-founder at Streaming Well adds “Today we have the ability to reach people with important information that can go viral within minutes. The internet is vital in spreading health messages to many people in a highly efficient and accessible manner. These videos are part of a campaign that is vital in limiting the amount of liver related deaths this country sees every year”. — ENDS — Streaming Well is a digital health publisher reaching millions of patients and healthcare professionals across the UK, Europe and worldwide. They produce and publish evidence-based educational videos in multiple languages that help educate patients and inform healthcare professionals. British Liver Trust is the leading UK liver charity dealing with adult liver conditions. They work to pioneer liver health and reduce the impact of liver disease through awareness, care and research. Contacts: Genevieve Robson Streaming Well Telephone: +44 7850 446520 Email:- genevieve.robson@ [1] (http://www.streamingwell.com/ [2] (http://www.streamingwell.com/ [3] (http://www.streamingwell.com/ [4] (http://www.streamingwell.com/ End
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