Hepatology News

In his keynote address at this year’s Ending Clinician Burnout Global Summit, Thom Mayer, MD, FACEP, likened the health care practitioners in the audience to the professional football players he routinely treats.

In a Healio video exclusive, Edward V. Loftus Jr., MD, warned that, despite being the smallest virus capable of causing human disease, hepatitis delta virus holds an outsized global impact as the most severe form of viral hepatitis.

Over recent years, there has been increased interest and attention to hepatitis delta virus, as we are beginning to understand that this is a real problem that at the moment is under-addressed and under-identified.

Despite being the smallest virus capable of causing human disease, it is estimated that up to 80% of patients with hepatitis delta virus will progress to liver cirrhosis and more than 50% will die of liver disease within 10 years of diagnosis.

As medical technology quickly evolves, practices in nearly all areas of medicine must frequently evaluate equipment upgrades and new purchases of new technology to stay at the forefront of patient care.

Neoadjuvant immunotherapy may allow more people with hepatocellular carcinoma to undergo surgical resection, according to retrospective study results.

A model using both clinical and imaging data predicted the absence of high-risk varices in patients with unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma and may help avoid unnecessary upper endoscopy in low-risk patients, research showed.

Gilead’s Livdelzi, a selective peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor delta agonist, has received accelerated FDA approval for the treatment of primary biliary cholangitis, according to a company release.

A hepatitis C elimination program in Georgia reduced the estimated annual incidence of new infections by 61% since its launch in April 2015, which may accelerate efforts to reach the global 2030 elimination goal.

As your paycheck grows, so does your discretionary spending and saving. While it is easy to spend, it is not always clear where to invest your next dollar intended for future spending.