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The American Liver Foundation, the nation's leading nonprofit organization for promoting liver health and disease prevention, is working to educate the American public about this serious illness. "People tend to ignore the importance of a healthy liver," said Fred Suchy, MD, Chairman and Professor of Pediatrics, Mount Sinai School of Medicine of New York University, and a member of the board of directors of the American Liver Foundation. "Unfortunately most people do not focus on the health of their liver until confronted by a serious liver disease that either affects themselves or a family member, biliary atresia is particularly devastating to a family because it impacts newborn children."
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Liver transplantation is potentially applicable to any acute or chronic condition resulting in irreversible liver dysfunction, provided that the recipient does not have other conditions that will preclude a successful transplant. Metastatic cancer outside liver, active drug or alcohol abuse and active septic infections are absolute contraindications. While infection with HIV was once considered an absolute contraindication, this has been changing recently. Advanced age and serious heart, pulmonary or other disease may ... prevent transplantation (relative contraindications). Most liver transplants are performed for chronic liver diseases that lead to irreversible scarring of the liver, or cirrhosis.
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Liver disease, such as hepatitis C (HCV), is a serious and deadly problem, especially among the Latino community. HCV is the most common blood-borne infection in the United States, affecting some four million Americans and one out of every 50 Latinos. According to the New York City Department of Health more Latinos die from end stage liver disease due to hepatitis C and co- infection with hepatitis C and HIV/AIDS than any other group. Unfortunately, socioeconomic factors such as poverty, lack of insurance, language barriers, and general lack of awareness, combine to limit access of Latinos to testing, treatment and/or lifesaving transplants.
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Liver transplantation or [H]epatic transplantation is the replacement of a diseased liver with a healthy liver allograft. The most commonly used technique is orthotopic transplantation, in which the native liver is removed and the donor organ is placed in the same anatomic location as the original liver. Liver transplantation nowadays is a well accepted treatment option for end-stage liver disease and acute liver failure.
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The American Liver Foundation (ALF) announced today its plans to launch a series of Public Service Announcements with acclaimed Latino icon Erik Estrada in an effort to raise awareness for liver disease and liver health. As part of leading Spanish-language media company Univision Communications' ongoing health campaign 'Salud es Vida...¡Enterate!,' the ads will run on Univision stations nationwide throughout the month of September. Univision will ... extend awareness for the campaign through its website at www.univision.com
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Liver disease encompasses a wide range of conditions. The most common are hepatitis, an inflammation of the liver that can have chronic effects, and cirrhosis, a chronic progressive inflammation that leads ultimately to liver failure. In addition, long term alcohol abuse can negatively impact the liver. There are ... rarer genetic disorders that harm the liver, including hemochromatosis, Wilson's disease, and cystic fybrosis.
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