Hepatology News

Most investors, when considering their financial future, have a common number one concern – that they will not have saved enough to sustain them in retirement. In other words, they fear that they will outlive their money.

On Friday, clinicians and researchers across the world recognized World Hepatitis Day as an opportunity to honor the “more than a million lives lost to hepatitis” every year and redouble national efforts to stop its spread.

Higher intake of total and dairy protein and lower animal protein consumption correlated with a reduced risk for mortality among patients with cirrhosis, according to data published in BMC Gastroenterology.

A familial risk score comprised of age, obesity, type 2 diabetes and family history of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease accurately identified advanced fibrosis among first-degree relatives, according to researchers.

After 3 months of treatment, seladelpar significantly improved pruritus and markers of liver injury compared with placebo in patients with primary biliary cholangitis, CymaBay Therapeutics recently announced.

Disparities in receipt of liver transplantation and mortality persisted over time among hospitalized Black and Hispanic patients with decompensated cirrhosis compared with their white counterparts, according to data in JAMA Network Open.

Type 2 diabetes was an independent predictor of hepatic decompensation and development of hepatocellular carcinoma among patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, according to data.

Among patients with nonalcoholic steatohepatitis in the United States, 20% progressed to cirrhosis within 4 years, with female sex and nonsmoking status linked to lower risk for progression, according to data from the TARGET-NASH trial.

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Bulevirtide was safe and increased the proportion of patients with undetectable hepatitis D virus RNA among those in both the 2 mg and 10 mg dosage groups, according to data published in The New England Journal of Medicine.