RI study offering free screenings identified liver damage in 11 participants

EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — When someone has liver damage, they may not even know it.

The Brown University School of Public Health conducted a study where patients were offered free screenings for risk factors and liver disease at a community health clinic.

The pilot study, which was published in the Rhode Island Medical Journal, diagnosed three of 14 participants with fibrosis and eight of 14 participants with steatosis, or fatty liver disease…

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