Liver Disease
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CDC recommends screening all adults for hepatitis B
“Risk-based testing alone has not identified most persons living with chronic HBV infection and is considered inefficient for providers to...
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An earlier hep B biomarker for clinical outcomes?
Levels of a core-related antigen marker plunge years before a drop in the surface antigen, finds a natural history study of patients with chronic...
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Posttransplant NASH patients fare worse with older donor livers
“Given the possibility of infectious graft complications, post–liver transplant follow-ups may need to be more comprehensive and frequent in these...
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Mortality increases substantially with fibrosis stage in NAFLD
The updated estimates indicate important implications for prognostication and trial design.
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Screen high-risk individuals for NAFLD, urges guidance
The guidelines also are designed to prepare the groundwork for novel drugs in the pipeline, as well as discuss those that are already available...
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Intermittent fasting plus exercise a good option for fatty liver
“When we compared the results of our study groups, we saw clearly that the most improved patients were in the group that followed the alternate-...
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Exercise training reduces liver fat in patients with NAFLD, even without weight loss
“Prior to our study, it was felt that body weight loss of at least 5% was required in order to significantly improve liver histology. Our findings...
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Be aware of hepatic encephalopathy, dementia overlap in older patients with cirrhosis
“There is growing recognition of a so-called ‘liver-brain axis’ ... showing that a range of chronic liver conditions may detrimentally impact...
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Can a nationwide liver paired donation program work?
The program will require a donor (and a support person) to travel to the recipient’s transplant center where the surgery will be performed. A...
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Noninvasive liver test may help select asymptomatic candidates for heart failure tests
Heart failure and liver stiffness often coexist due to cardio-hepatic interactions.