Liver/Biliary Disorders News

Nearly 80% of U.S. adults with obesity and diabetes have hepatic steatosis and an increased risk for advanced fibrosis, according to study findings published in Obesity.

Pediatric nonalcoholic fatty liver disease-associated hospitalizations increased over time with higher rates among Hispanic adolescent boys, according to study results.

In this Healio Gastroenterology video exclusive, Arun J. Sanyal, MD, professor of medicine at Virginia Commonwealth University, discussed real-world data on patient characteristics, treatment and clinical response in hepatorenal syndrome.

A low carbohydrate intervention targeting type 2 diabetes reversal and prediabetes regression may be an effective treatment method for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, according to a speaker at The Liver Meeting Digital Experience.

Patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and liver-involved fibrosis frequently had a cholestatic pattern that increased the risk for liver-related events, according to a presentation at The Liver Meeting Digital Experience.

Providers should closely monitor people with diabetes and other high-risk adults for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and consider multiple noninvasive tests to detect the presence of advanced fibrosis, according to a speaker.

Intensive lifestyle therapy in children and adolescents with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease led to significant weight loss and improvements in liver steatosis and fibrosis, according to study results.

Children with obesity and a high level of liver fat content are more likely to have impaired glucose tolerance, prediabetes and type 2 diabetes compared with those with normal liver fat content, according to a speaker

Long-term exposure to ambient air pollutants may increase the risk of metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease, according to a study published in Journal of Hepatology.

When primary care physicians interact with virtual specialists in hepatology, more of their patients have improved survival rate beyond the initial consultation, according to a presenter at The Liver Meeting Digital Experience.