Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Personalized risk profile developed for patients with liver disease

A research team from the Department of Medicine III at MedUni Vienna and University Hospital Vienna has conducted a large-scale study showing the important value of repeated liver assessments by a novel method that can significantly ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

COVID-19 patients show liver injury months after infection

COVID-19 infection is associated with increased liver stiffness, a sign of possible long-term liver injury, according to the results of a new study being presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

New radiological procedure for the diagnosis of liver disease

Universitätsmedizin Berlin have successfully tested a new technology for use in the assessment of overweight adolescents with liver disease. Known as 'time-harmonic elastography' (THE), the technology enables physicians ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Subcirrhotic liver stiffness cuts HCC risk in hepatitis B

(HealthDay)—For patients with chronic hepatitis B (CHB), achievement of subcirrhotic range of liver stiffness (sc-LS) with antiviral therapy (AVT) is associated with reduced risk of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), according ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Take a coffee or tea break to protect your liver

Chronic liver diseases rank as the 12th cause of death worldwide and many of these disorders are associated with unhealthy lifestyles. Conversely, a healthier lifestyle can help prevent or reverse liver disease. Liver-related ...

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