San Francisco — Patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease carried a 91% higher risk for malignancy and the risk for cancer with obesity is “driven by NAFLD,” according to a presentation at The Liver Meeting 2018. “The risk of malignancy…
Study finds fatty liver disease is less likely to occur in mothers who breastfeed for more than six months. Researchers at UC San Diego School of Medicine and Kaiser Permanente have discovered that mothers who breastfed a child or children…
Naglaa Shoukry, Ph. D., and her team have made a significant breakthrough in their research aiming to limit the progression of liver disease. They have characterized the mechanisms of action of type 3 inflammatory cytokines that are produced by the…
Sarcopenia, defined as the loss of muscle mass associated with aging, is present in more than 30% of elderly persons and observed worldwide. Not surprisingly, a greater prevalence of sarcopenia is noted in patients residing in nursing homes.
While liver biopsies are powerful and reliable, they are also invasive, painful, limited and subject to complications. These effects may soon be a thing of the past for some patients thanks to new research showing PET imaging with the F-FAC radiotracer can be used as a non-invasive substitute.
08 October 2018, Geneva, Switzerland: On 17 September, 2018, Prof. Philip Newsome was unanimously nominated to the position of EASL Vice-Secretary, taking over from Prof. Frank Tacke who stepped down from this position in order to pursue new academic challenges.
A new study found a web-based intervention to be an effective and convenient approach to manage lifestyle changes in patients with NAFLD, reports the Journal of Hepatology.
Research reveals that an existing drug used to treat liver disease could also be employed in Alzheimer's disease therapy. The drug "heals" malfunctioning elements at cellular level.
Professor Jan De Groote recently passed away aged 93. He will be remembered as the first Secretary General of EASL (1966–1969) and as one of the founding fathers of “the Gnomes”, the International Liver Pathology Study Group.
Photo caption: Dr. Anatolij Horuzsko, reproductive immunologist in the Georgia Cancer Center and Department of Medicine at the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University (photo credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University) Problems like obesity and alcoholism appear to…