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Ashwin Dhanda

@adhanda.bsky.social

Liver lover. Academic Hepatologist. Plymouth UK Alcohol related liver disease #LiverSky

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Ashwin Dhanda@adhanda.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Check out our new review from #CentreOfEnvironmentalHepatology www.plymouth.ac.uk/research/cen...

Centre of Environmental Hepatology

University of Plymouth research: The Centre of Environmental Hepatology's mission is to transform understanding of liver health and ensure that research...

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Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology@natrevgastrohep.nature.com · 6mo ago

ICYMI: New online! Microplastics, nanoplastics and liver disease: an emerging health concern?

Institute of Alcohol Studies@ias.org.uk · last yr.

As Professor Colin Angus states: "We've spent the last year listening to the government say sensible, if generic, things about being committed to a prevention agenda. We're seeing today that this, from the perspective of alcohol, was all mouth and no trousers whatsoever."

Colin Angus@victimofmaths.bsky.social · last yr.

The Government's big new 10 year health plan has finally been published. In spite of lots of talk about moving towards prevention rather than treatment, there is basically no meaningful alcohol prevention policy here. assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/686638...

Ashwin Dhanda@adhanda.bsky.social · 2y ago

Great news! Good to see @gwynnemp.bsky.social specifically mentions investment in addiction recovery services

Institute of Alcohol Studies@ias.org.uk · 2y ago

Funding for the public health grants will be increased to £3.858 billion - a 5.4% cash increase & 3.0% in real terms As Public Health Minister Andrew @gwynnemp.bsky.social states: "Prevention is better than cure. If we can reach people earlier & help them stay healthy... www.gov.uk/government/n...

Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology@natrevgastrohep.nature.com · 2y ago

By @adhanda.bsky.social & @tom-marjot.bsky.social #Sharedit link: rdcu.be/d5rwu

Alcohol-free and low-strength drinks: friend or foe?

Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology - Consumption of no and low-alcohol (NoLo) beverages is now commonplace in modern society. However, the debate surrounding the relative risks and...

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Adlung Lab@adlunglab.com · 2y ago

Thoughtful piece from Marjot & Dhanda (@adhanda.bsky.social) in @natrevgastrohep.bsky.social: Alcohol-free drinks show promise for motivated individuals to reduce alcohol consumption but may pose relapse risks in others. Balance is key for clinical guidance. 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Adlung Lab@adlunglab.com · 2y ago

Thoughtful piece from Marjot & Dhanda (@adhanda.bsky.social) in @natrevgastrohep.bsky.social: Alcohol-free drinks show promise for motivated individuals to reduce alcohol consumption but may pose relapse risks in others. Balance is key for clinical guidance. 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Alcohol-free and low-strength drinks: friend or foe? - Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology

Consumption of no and low-alcohol (NoLo) beverages is now commonplace in modern society. However, the debate surrounding the relative risks and benefits of these products is nuanced and evolving, part...

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Altmetric@altmetric.com · 2y ago

THREAD This Is The Story Of The The Pernicious Rise of AI-Generated Papers and their Online Impact An Incomplete History Told In The Voice of Documentarian Adam Curtis 1/31

Adam Curtis Title Card: We Too Are Trapped In A System. Text over a background of a large office building
Colin Angus@victimofmaths.bsky.social · 2y ago

Since England's alarming alcohol death statistics are in the news again today, here's a particularly alarming fact buried in the figures DHSC have released - For the first time, in 2023 the rate of alcohol-specific deaths in the North East of England overtook Scotland and have risen 55% since 2019

A line chart showing age-standardised alcohol-specific death rates for every region of England, plus Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland from 2001-2023. Except for Scotland, everywhere follows a similar trend - fairly stable, or rising gradually until 2019, then a sharp rise, although with significant variation between regions - London and the East/South East at the bottom and the Midlands and North at the top. In 2001 Scotland had more than double the rate of anywhere in England, but this fell substantially until 2011, then plateaued, and has risen less than many parts of the rest of the UK since 2019. In 2023, the North East overtook Scotland for the first time.
Ashwin Dhanda@adhanda.bsky.social · 2y ago

So true! Last month saw a pt who had had severe alc hep and MOF 9 mo ago ▶️ Full recovery. Normal fibroscan! We need better integrated care. Treating the #AUD is fundamental

Hanna Blaney, MD, MPH@blaneymd.medsky.social · 2y ago

Seeing high MELD patients w/ ALD who re-compensate with sobriety & get their lives back (and avoid transplant!) is incredibly rewarding. As Hepatologists treating ALD, it is essential that we treat the underlying alcohol use disorder so our patients can improve! @juanpabloarab.bsky.social #liversky

Ashwin Dhanda@adhanda.bsky.social · 2y ago

Increase in #alcohol use in middle age in all generations 🚨 Worrying trends for Millennials as they reach their 40s+ ➕ Rising #obesity 🟰 ⬆️ Liver disease and death #MetALD

Tom Calver@tomcalver.bsky.social · 2y ago

This isn’t, to be clear, a life cycle effect - ie, it’s not just a natural thing older people do. If we split the data into birth cohorts, we see women born in the 50s, 60s and 80s drastically increase their drinking when they hit middle age 5/7

Ashwin Dhanda@adhanda.bsky.social · 2y ago

#Alcohol ⬇️ Affordability = ⬇️ Alcohol harm @teamlabouruk.bsky.social need to bring in Minimum Unit Pricing #MUPworks www.bmj.com/content/387/...

It’s time to end the policy vacuum on alcohol harm in England, if this government is serious about shifting its focus to prevention

The newly elected United Kingdom’s government has moved quickly to resurrect legislation, initiated by its predecessors, that is designed to tackle the epidemic of youth vaping and create a smoke-free...

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Ashwin Dhanda@adhanda.bsky.social · 2y ago

📈 Increasing alcohol specific deaths in England 🚨 Alarming data 🎯 We need to address this growing problem at multiple levels. Read this report 👇🏾 m-c-a.org.uk/policy/

Policy - Medical Council on Alcohol

The Medical Council on Alcohol is not primarily a campaigning organisation but we do support other organisations active in the public health and policy spheres to reduce alcohol-related harm. The MC...

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Colin Angus@victimofmaths.bsky.social · 2y ago

New figures out yesterday from OHID show that alcohol-specific deaths in England rise again in 2023 to their highest level on record. That's a 42% increase in the number of people dying from alcohol-specific causes since 2019. Oof.

A line chart showing the number of people dying in England each year from 2001 to 2023 from causes that are only caused by alcohol (known as alcohol-specific causes). The line was rising gradually until 2019, then has jumped sharply upwards and is still rising.
Colin Angus@victimofmaths.bsky.social · 2y ago

Here's my version of a graph originally by the British Liver Trust showing how rates of liver disease deaths in England & Wales have almost quadrupled since 1968, while other leading causes of death have fallen. In spite of working in alcohol research for 13+ years, this still surprised me...

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