Team of liver health professionals and scientists based in the Freeman Hospital and Institute of Transplantation, Newcastle. Retweets are not endorsements.
Freeman Hospital, Newcastle
Joined March 2020
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Newcastle Liver Unit retweeted
Come and join us as #PhD student working on the SOLID study, evaluating liver fibrosis tests in Primary Care. jobs.ac.uk/job/DFS969/phd-st… @QAnstee
Newcastle Liver Unit retweeted
New content online: Lifestyle interventions in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease dlvr.it/SrgwyQ
Newcastle Liver Unit retweeted
New research - Huang et al - Type 2 diabetes, hepatic decompensation & hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: an individual participant-level data meta-analysis
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#LiverTwitter #Diabetes #NAFLD #MASLD
Newcastle Liver Unit retweeted
BASL2023 Annual Meeting - REGISTRATION OPEN - mailchi.mp/adad5b309e10/basl…
Newcastle Liver Unit retweeted
Finally published our systematic review on prehab - a lot of hard work and a lot of papers read!!! journals.plos.org/plosone/ar…
Newcastle Liver Unit retweeted
Honorary @EASLnews President Professor Maggie Bassendine (who I had the pleasure of working under @LiverUnit) gives an overview of the main changes since early days of Association. Highlights gender equality - some progress but still a way to go! #EASLCongress
Newcastle Liver Unit retweeted
Peer workers improve linkage to care for people who have hepatitis C in Newcastle @LiverUnit
@HepatitisCTrust @stumcp
Newcastle Liver Unit retweeted
Great work 👏@NIHRCRN_NENCumb collaboration between primary & secondary care to deliver more research @AejazAssistech
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Newcastle Liver Unit retweeted
What can you do when all treatment options have failed for chronic #hepatitisE and the patients has progressed to advanced fibrosis? Ledipasvir/sofosbuvir and ribavirin may be worth a try. sciencedirect.com/science/ar… #LiverTwitter @BASLedu @EASLedu
Newcastle Liver Unit retweeted
Nice work from @SamJTingle looking at the impact of Donor Liver Blood tests on outcomes from liver transplantation. Peak ALT does not predict outcomes. journals.lww.com/transplantj…
Newcastle Liver Unit retweeted
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease is a highly prevalent & largely asymptomatic disease posing a major healthcare challenge. There's an urgent need for more sensitive, specific, independently validated & qualified biomarkers for use in #NAFLD.
#UEGEdu ➡️ ueg.eu/p/245
Newcastle Liver Unit retweeted
First results from the @LITMUS_IMI metacohort
❓Accuracy of 17 biomarkers in 966 adults w/ #NAFLD; 335 (35%) w/ at-risk #NASH
❌None met predefined acceptable AUC in detecting at-risk NASH (NAS≥4 & F≥2)
✅SomaSignal & ADAPT exceeded criteria for detecting F≥3
#livertwitter
New research - Vali et al - Biomarkers for staging fibrosis and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (the LITMUS project): a comparative diagnostic accuracy study
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#NASH #NAFLD #LiverTwitter @LITMUS_IMI
Newcastle Liver Unit retweeted
Extremely productive #UKCLIF meeting! There are clearly challenges delivering research to improve care and outcomes for UK patients with decompensated cirrhosis, but there is enthusiasm to work collaboratively and innovate! Contact us to get involved! @RajivJalan1 @drgautammehta
Newcastle Liver Unit retweeted
We're proud to be working as part of the Obesity Health Alliance.
📺 80% of UK adults support the banning of advertising of unhealthy food on TV & online to kids.
🥤 68% would support an industry levy being extended beyond soft drinks.
Read more: britishlivertrust.org.uk/vot…
Our manifesto, launching today, represents the Alliance consensus on what the first steps should be to turn the tide on obesity.
Delivering these policies will require political leadership. We are asking the leaders of all parties to
#LeadOnChildHealth
obesityhealthalliance.org.uk…
Newcastle Liver Unit retweeted
In honour of #EuroTestWeek I am celebrating exceptional people committed to testing. Todays #HepC hero is the wonderful Kate @FreemanHospital whose diligence in tracking & tracing people is phenomenal. Kate will help ensure no one gets left behind in the #HepCULater mission.
Newcastle Liver Unit retweeted
So the last dance is complete and @liannedowney has left the #liverunit what a star she has been ⭐️the benefit to our patients from her skill and time has been immense. Thank you doesn’t seem enough @LiverUnit @livernorth @amy_caffrey
Newcastle Liver Unit retweeted
Todays #HepC hero is wonderful nurse Caroline from @FreemanHospital. Caroline is committed to reaching service users who has previously dropped out of care pathways, she is diligent, tenacious & compassionate in her #HepCULater quest. It’s great to know the North is in her hands
Newcastle Liver Unit retweeted
Fantastic work Hollie and a big thank you to all @LiverUnit for your help with recruitment #NAFLD #NASH @NUTH_NMAHPRes @NuTHResearch
Congratulations to @Hollie_ASmith for completing recruitment to the VITALISE study today. Looking forward to seeing the results in due course. @HallsworthKate @healthpsychleah @NewcastleHosps pilotfeasibilitystudies.biom…
Newcastle Liver Unit retweeted
Excellent guidance from BIFA @BAPENUK guidance for diagnosis and management of IFALD @LiverUnit @DrStevenMasson @ChrisGastroDoc @ColetteKirk17 @EdenRatcliffe
Don’t blame the #parenteralnutrition look for sepsis and other causes @BDA_PENG @BritSocGastro @StMarksHospital