Hepatology
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Increased cancer in military pilots and ground crew: Pentagon
But military aircrew and ground crew were less likely to die from cancer, compared with the U.S. population.
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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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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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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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Exercise halves T2D risk in adults with obesity
Adults with obesity in a supervised exercise program were significantly less likely than nonexercisers to develop type 2 diabetes 10 years later...
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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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FAST score appears accurate for diagnosis of fibrotic NASH
The score may also reduce the number of patients undergoing unnecessary liver biopsy.
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Components of coffee other than caffeine linked to reduced NAFLD severity
Consumption of regular or decaf coffee was negatively associated with fatty liver measures in overweight adults, including those with type 2...
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Strong support to provide DAA therapy to all patients with HCV
The findings highlight a “substantial need to provide DAA therapy to all patients with HCV, regardless of disease stage or financial status.”
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Nonheavy alcohol use associated with liver fibrosis, NASH
“Our results call this strict categorization into question, suggesting that even nonheavy alcohol use should be considered as a factor...