LIVERight Webinar: Understanding Viral Hepatitis
Thousands of Canadians are affected by viral hepatitis each year. Learning how to recognize the signs, where to find treatment, and how to prevent it can help ensure a better quality of life.
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Thousands of Canadians are affected by viral hepatitis each year. Learning how to recognize the signs, where to find treatment, and how to prevent it can help ensure a better quality of life.
Liver disease intersects with many other health conditions, including obesity, and it is important to understand how these conditions can impact one another.
We partnered with UHN’s Ajmera Transplant Centre for an exciting webinar about how to find a living liver donor.
Navigating Canada’s healthcare system as a person affected by liver disease, either as a patient, caregiver, or loved one, can be challenging, and often there are barriers that may feel impossible to overcome.
Are you looking for affordable and liver-friendly nutrition ideas but unsure where to turn for trustworthy info? If this sounds relatable, this LIVERight Webinar is for you!
This webinar looks at alcohol and liver disease with some updates and focuses on some common myths about drinking alcohol and liver disease.
This is a seven-video playlist that covers the following talks presented at the Vancouver LIVERight Forum 2024
This is a six-video playlist that covers the following talks presented at the Calgary LIVERight Forum 2024.
This is a five-video playlist that covers the following talks presented at the Ottawa LIVERight Forum 2024
This session is co-presented by the Ajmera Transplant Centre at UHN and the Canadian Liver Foundation. It is part of quarterly patient education series is moderated by Anisha Vijh, a registered dietitian and the Health Promotion Program Coordinator with the Canadian Liver Foundation and live-streamed on Facebook Live.
To support those living with liver disease and to inspire Canadians to pursue a more liver-friendly lifestyle, the Canadian Liver Foundation has created The Healthy Liver Pantry.
In partnership with PKD Foundation of Canada, this webinar with Dr. Leslie Lilly, MD MSc FRCP(C) will summarize the role of liver transplantation in the management of PKD and PLD, and also discusses the outcomes of liver transplantation in patients with these diseases.
DocuStory film featuring an Indigenous perspective on liver wellness, hepatitis C and overall well-being.
Autoimmune liver diseases can sometimes be difficult to understand, treat and manage. Do you have questions about conditions like primary biliary cholangitis (PBC), primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC), or autoimmune hepatitis? Are you searching to learn more about the types of autoimmune liver diseases that exist? In partnership with the Centre
This session is on Navigating the Health Care System, where speakers discussed general tips and trick on navigating the system, ways to maximize an in person/virtual appointment with your doctor, and explaining how clinical pathways work.
The session presented with Vancouver General Hospital liver transplant specialist and gastroenterologist, Dr. Vladimir Marquez discussed: everything liver cancer, from prevention to risk factors, as well as treatment/management options.
The session presented with University of Calgary clinical assistant professor and liver specialist, Dr. Simon Lam discussed: the different types of children’s liver disease, treatment management options, and quality of life.
The session presented with University of British Columbia Professor of Medicine and liver specialist Dr. Eric Yoshida, discussed: viral hepatitis, recent updates with Hepatitis B and C, the different treatment protocols, and stigma.
This session presented with University of Calgary Professor of Medicine and liver specialist Dr. Mark Swain, discussed: non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), understanding and coping with your liver disease diagnosis, what medications you should avoid and more…
An autoimmune liver disease means that the body’s immune system is attacking the liver. The most common categories of autoimmune liver disease are autoimmune hepatitis, primary biliary cholangitis (PBC), and primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC). Presented with University of Manitoba associate professor of medicine and liver specialist, Dr. Stephen Wong.
Your liver plays a key role in converting food into the chemicals essential for life and serves several important metabolic tasks in handling nutrients. This Living with Liver Disease session on nutrition and the liver was presented with University of Alberta professor and Registered Dietitian Dr. Diana Mager.
Dr. Naglaa Shoukry is a Professor of Medicine at the University of Montreal and University of Montreal Hospital Research Center (CRCHUM). She is also the Director of the Canadian Network on Hepatitis C (CanHepC).
This webinar addressed questions – plus common myths and misconceptions – around COVID-19 vaccination, with a special focus on concerns specific to liver diseases. Presented live on February 10th, 2021.
Doctors Puneeta Tandon and Amine Benmassaoud answer our audience’s most pressing cirrhosis questions, including diagnosis, management, and treatment. This webinar was hosted in partnership with the Canadian Association for the Study of the Liver.
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