Health care professionals and patient groups are working together to find out more about the experience of patients with autoimmune liver conditions across Europe. The results of this survey will be used by EASL (The European Association for the Study…
Dear Colleague EASL has been commissioned by the UK journal, The Lancet to work together to create an EASL Lancet Commission on Liver Disease in Europe. I am chairing the Paediatric and Rare disease Group and we wish to identify…
Starting September 2019 Hainsworth will serve as the interface between the EASL Governing Board and the organisation`s Geneva and Brussels operations, ensuring high quality and effective implementation of the Governing Board`s policies and decisions. Hainsworth has worked for 25 years…
GENEVA, Switzerland Last week, ClarivateTM Analytics released the 2019 update of its Journal Citation Reports©, including the much anticipated 2018 impact factor. EASL’s flagship monthly journal, the Journal of Hepatology achieved unprecedented results with a 2018 impact factor of 18.946,…
The public health community is greatly disappointed about the SpiritsEurope approach to label their products. In our view, the European spirits industry refrains from informing consumers at the point of sale in an easy and accessible manner. Instead of following…
Scientific progress is constantly reshaping clinical practice. Therefore, it is crucial that medical professionals continuously adapt to novel and better approaches for patient management. A hugely important part of a doctor’s development follows qualification and is provided by continuing medical…
The European Chronic Disease Alliance (ECDA), the European Public Health Alliance (EPHA) and the NCD Alliance publish a new joint paper “Towards an EU-Strategic Framework for the prevention of Non-communicable Diseases” concluding that a new EU-level strategic framework to prevent…
BioMed Alliance Members have produced a cartoon highlighting the importance of high-quality and unbiased continuing medical education for medical professionals. Medical professionals participate in continuing education to keep their knowledge up to date and to be able to provide the…
The General Assembly of the European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL) has elected new members to its Governing Board, various committees and a new Editor-In-Chief for its Journal of Hepatology. 12 April 2019 - Vienna, Austria The…
New research, presented at the International Liver Congress™, warns that high levels of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease among young people is signalling a public health crisis. Excerpt from The Guardian Study finds substantial numbers of young people at risk of…