Hepatology
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Weekend catch-up sleep may help fatty liver
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Freiburg index accurately predicts survival in liver procedure
The Freiburg index may predict post-transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt survival more accurately than MELD and other indexes in patients...
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Novel scoring system emerges for alcoholic hepatitis mortality
Higher accuracy in predicting imminent death can better inform treatment options and transplant decisions, the prognostic model’s creators say.
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RECAM vs. RUCAM: Finding a better way to diagnose DILI
The Revised Electronic Causality Assessment Method is less subjective and more reliable than RUCAM, especially at diagnostic extremes.
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Madrigal’s drug candidate reduces fatty liver in late-stage NASH trial
It is estimated that about 5% of adults in the United States have NASH, but there is no approved treatment for the ailment.
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Antihyperglycemic drugs likely effective for NAFLD
“Given the multiple pathways implicated in NAFLD pathogenesis ... it would be interesting to study combination therapy,” the authors wrote.
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Long COVID associated with risk of metabolic liver disease
Metabolic-associated fatty liver disease may be another cluster phenotype of long COVID.
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Sleeve, RYGB reduce liver fat in type 2 diabetes
Both Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) and sleeve gastrectomy (SG) are effective at improving hepatic steatosis in type 2 diabetes patients,...
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New hepatitis B vaccination recommendations praised amid low awareness
Only 25%-30% of adults in the U.S. are reported to be currently vaccinated for hepatitis B, even though safe and highly effective vaccines are...
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Home-based system relieves refractory ascites in cirrhosis
A tunneled peritoneal catheter drainage system relieved symptoms with an infection risk similar to standard of care.
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Liver cancer risk lingers even after HCV eradication
Not having a sustained viral response was associated with a more than sevenfold higher risk for liver cancer in a multicenter study.