Love Your Liver campaign visits Oxfordshire’s Milton Park

Milton Park, Oxfordshire hosted a British Liver Trust screening service this month.

The Love Your Liver roadshow offered people at the science, technology and business community park free testing, information and advice from health professionals on taking care of their liver.

To mark Liver Cancer Awareness Month in October, a mobile screening and scanning unit visited Milton Park. The unit served 98 people utilising all available appointments.

Project Delivery Manager at the British Liver Trust, Jonathan Worsfold, said: “We’re really pleased to have run such a successful and efficient Love Your Liver roadshow event at Milton Park with special thanks to Ipsen for their sponsorship.

“It’s brilliant to see so many people signing up, learning about liver disease so that they can spot symptoms and are aware of the key underlying causes.

“We’re looking forward to reaching and helping even more people throughout this month and encourage everyone to find out if there’s a roadshow coming to your town or city this October.”

The day’s event was sponsored by biopharmaceutical Milton Park based, Ipsen, whose work supporting liver disease patients aligns with the campaign.

John Chaddock, VP Head of REED Operations and Site Head for Milton Park at Ipsen, said: “It was wonderful to have the fabulous team from the British Liver Trust and its mobile bus available for Milton Park based personnel this week.

“Many of our team had their livers scanned and received valuable information on the importance of a healthy diet and exercise in maintaining a healthy liver.

“We’re extremely proud to have sponsored this Milton Park visit and wish the British Liver Trust team the best of luck with the rest of their roadshow events.”

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Healthcare professionals were on hand inside the unit to give people advice on diet, exercise and healthy living which will help them take better care of their livers. Attendees were offered a liver health screener, consisting of a series of lifestyle questions  focusing on alcohol, obesity and viral hepatitis to assess liver damage potential.

Attendees were also offered the chance to have their liver assessed using a FibroScan machine, a quick, simple and non-invasive scanning method which checks the stiffness of the liver for possible damage, with soft and elastic livers being healthier.

With one in five people at risk of liver disease and diagnosis numbers increasing quickly, campaigns such as this one are hoping to right this trend. liver disease can lead to cancer – incidence rates of which have more than doubled in the past 20 years. Despite 90 per cent of liver disease being preventable, it is still the largest cause of death for 35 to 49 year-olds.

Philip Campbell, Commercial Director at MEPC Milton Park, said: “Thanks to Ipsen’s sponsorship of the event, it was a privilege to welcome the British Liver Trust to Milton Park to promote awareness of this really important health issue, giving people the opportunity to get tested and find out more information.

“As an international science and technology community, we’re always keen to support initiatives that our Milton Park-based companies are passionate about, including the huge advances they make in life sciences and technology which lie at the very heart of what they do.”

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