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Inside Health: Liver disease, Hepatitis C

31/07/2012

Liver disease, Hepatitis C

BBC Radio 4 - Inside Health, Liver disease, Hepatitis C

Dr Mark Porter discovers the reasons for the recent rise in serious liver diseases.

About a third of deaths from liver disease is down to excessive alcohol consumption, but what is responsible for the other two thirds, the majority? Dr Mark Porter investigates.

If you believe recent headlines the growing increase in deaths from liver disease is entirely down to excessive alcohol consumption, but it's estimated that two thirds of liver related deaths are caused by other conditions. Dr Mark Porter investigates two liver conditions that do not hit the headlines but could be silently creeping up on millions of people in the UK.

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