Promoting liver health education. Our Passion is Prevention.
The Facts
Approximately half a billion individuals around the world are living with a liver disease.
Viral hepatitis, a silent epidemic, claims 1.4 million lives annually - making it comparable to HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria.
Many chronic liver-related diseases, including hepatitis, obesity, fatty liver, diabetes, high cholesterol, and drug & alcohol abuse, are preventable.
LHI's Strategy
Preventing disease, promoting screenings, and improving patient adherence to treatment regimens depends on an understanding of the importance of the liver.
Liver health education is the critical rationale for motivating individuals to adopt healthy lifestyles and avoid risk behaviors.
LHI works to promote liver health education by creating educational materials, collaborating with organizations, and influencing health policy.
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Liver
What does your liver
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Kathleen Schwarz, MD
Professor of Pediatrics
Rady’s Children’s Hospital, San Diego
"Kids can do so much to protect their liver, a vital organ without which one cannot live. However in order for them to be proactive we owe it to them to educate them about how to keep that wonderful liver of theirs healthy. They need to know that being overweight can lead to serious liver damage and so can viruses like hepatitis B and C which are often acquired through injection drug use. Education is the key!"
David Pound, MD
President of Indianapolis Gastroenterology Research Foundation
"Despite advances in the treatment of hepatitis C and B . . . there is still a desperate need to increase the understanding of liver wellness and disease prevention in the American public. By the time I meet many patients, their liver disease has silently advanced to irreversible damage."
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