Liver cancer is a leading cause of cancer death, with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) accounting for 85–90% of all primary liver cancers. In a recent issue of Journal of Hepatology, Dr Baumeister et al. showed that higher total physical activity was…
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…
Geneva, Switzerland, 20 September 2018 - The EASL Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) Summit commenced today at the Starling Hotel Conference Centre in Geneva, Switzerland, attended by over 300 basic and clinical researchers, industry, and renowned specialists from around the world.
While the prevalence of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) continues to rise, with both conditions increasingly recognised in primary care and specialist practice, quantifying future disease burden has always been challenging. This is largely due to…
GENEVA, Switzerland 02 July 2018 – Last week Clarivate Analytics released the 2018 update of its Journal Citation Reports©, including the much anticipated 2017 impact factor. The Journal of Hepatology achieved exceptional results with a 2017 impact factor of 14.911, up from…
A new study in the Journal of Hepatology adds NAFLD to the list of diseases associated with a Western diet that includes relatively high consumption of red and processed meat Amsterdam, March 20, 2018 – World meat consumption has increased during the last decades,…
Amsterdam, January 22, 2018 - Alcohol is the leading cause of liver cirrhosis and liver-related deaths. Results of a large long-term study in Sweden have confirmed that drinking during late adolescence could be the first step towards liver problems in…