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New liver blood test - BBC Radio 4 'Inside Health'

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There has already been a post about the new 'intelligent' test for liver disease being pioneered in Scotland.

Here is a link to a detailed explanation of how it works and when it might be available in the rest of the NHS throughout the UK.

bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0006ls6

You can skip to the item by going to 10 minutes into the programme.

Jim

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Excellent- thanks so much for sharing Jim. I will forward this on.

Ill second that. Thanks for the post Jim Im going to check it out now!

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I’m sitting here in tears. If only this had been available a few years ago my GP might not have kept telling me that my test results were nothing to worry about. But I am happy that others will get help before this horrible disease progresses

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Thanks for posting this. It’s a very interesting development. Let’s hope it will help catch liver disease before it’s irreversible.

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