Obese patients who underwent a life-saving liver transplant and weight-loss surgery at the same time were better able to keep the weight off long term and had fewer metabolic complications than those who lost weight on their ...
Oct 2, 2018
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Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD), which is not caused by significant alcohol consumption, has become the most common liver disease in the United States and comprises more than two thirds of patients with chronic ...
Oct 2, 2018
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A review article published in the New England Journal of Medicine discusses the effects of alcohol use on various forms of liver disease, as well as the assessment and treatment of alcohol use in patients with chronic liver ...
Sep 26, 2018
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(HealthDay)—Life expectancy in the United States has declined for two years in a row, fueled by increasing death rates from opioid drug overdoses, suicides and chronic liver disease, a new government report shows.
Sep 20, 2018
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Children are at a considerable disadvantage when competing with adults for livers from deceased organ donors in the U.S. allocation system, a University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health-led analysis reveals ...
Sep 17, 2018
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A new test may soon be available to predict advanced fibrosis in people with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD).
Sep 12, 2018
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A new study by scientists from the Vrije Universiteit Brussel calls for a new gold standard in research to treat non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), an obesity-linked chronic liver disease impacting millions of people of ...
Jul 18, 2018
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Gail Wright considered herself healthy. She had no idea she had a chronic liver disease. "I was at a routine check-up and my doctor said my liver enzymes were elevated. I was sent to a specialist but I wasn't too worried. ...
Jun 27, 2018
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A fatty liver disease known as NASH—non-alcoholic steatohepatitis—is the nation's major cause of chronic liver disease, and is projected to become the most common indicator for liver transplants.
Jun 25, 2018
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Increased pressure in the veins leading to the liver, known as portal hypertension (PH), accounts for the majority of medical complications and deaths associated with cirrhosis. Therefore, a tremendous need exists to find ...
Jun 18, 2018
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