Bausch Health’s Salix tackles stigma around brain condition caused by acute liver disease

When ac­tor Bel­lamy Young was grow­ing up, her fa­ther suf­fered from a brain dis­or­der called he­pat­ic en­cephalopa­thy (HE) caused by cir­rho­sis of the liv­er.

She knows the stig­ma and iso­la­tion that of­ten comes with the di­ag­no­sis, and that’s why the “Scan­dal” star is work­ing with Bausch Health’s gas­troen­terol­o­gy spe­cial­ist Sal­ix Phar­ma­ceu­ti­cals to speak out about the con­di­tion that caus­es cog­ni­tive dys­func­tion and phys­i­cal dis­abil­i­ties.

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