More clinical research is needed to investigate how reducing alcohol consumption in patients with alcohol-related liver disease (ALD) may slow disease progression and improve outcomes, according to an international task force ...
Jun 18, 2024
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Early detection and treatment of hereditary transthyretin-related amyloidosis via genetic counseling are crucial. Yet, not all at-risk individuals seek genetic counseling, and management for presymptomatic carriers remains ...
Jun 13, 2024
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A new, healthy liver offers the best survival for patients with early-stage liver cancer. But a new study, led by Katie Ross-Driscoll, Ph.D., MPH, of Regenstrief Institute and Indiana University School of Medicine Department ...
Jun 10, 2024
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A Houston hospital has halted its liver and kidney transplant programs after it says a doctor manipulated a database for liver transplant patients, making them ineligible to receive a new organ.
Apr 12, 2024
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The results of a Tübingen-led study raise hope that a newly developed drug could herald a new era in oncological liver surgery and liver transplantation. The drug could even have the potential to significantly improve the ...
Mar 14, 2024
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Imagine your healthy child gets sick—so sick that you take them to the emergency department. You are shocked to find out that their liver is failing, and they will need a transplant to survive. Studies show that their chances ...
Feb 13, 2024
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In a clinical guideline issued by the American College of Gastroenterology and published in the January issue of the American Journal of Gastroenterology, recommendations are presented for the management of alcohol-associated ...
Jan 13, 2024
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Since early 2023, it has become standard practice at Universitair Medisch Centrum Groningen (UMCG) to perform virtually all hour-long liver transplants during daytime. This is possible because donor livers can be preserved ...
Jan 9, 2024
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Roy Calne, a pioneer of organ transplantation who led Europe's first liver transplant operation in 1968, has died aged 93.
Jan 8, 2024
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A new study published in the journal eGastroenterology provides an updated assessment of the diagnosis, pathophysiology, and treatment of hepatorenal syndrome-acute kidney injury (HRS-AKI). This severe and often fatal condition ...
Nov 30, 2023
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