Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

Perspectum announced it will evaluate the use of LiverMultiScan as a diagnostic tool to identify eligible patients for enrollment into nonalcoholic steatohepatitis clinical trials.

Objectively measured physical activity was associated with lower all-cause mortality in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, according to research published in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology.

Healio and Endocrine Today have compiled a list of the most read news from the virtual American Diabetes Association Scientific Sessions.

Data from the UK BioBank demonstrated patients with obesity and fatty liver had an increased risk for symptomatic COVID-19 infection, according to a release from Perspectum.

Among U.S. adults with type 2 diabetes attending primary care and endocrinology clinics, less than 40% of those found to have liver fibrosis had elevated aspartate aminotransferase and alanine aminotransferase, according to study data.

In adolescents, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease correlated with decreased cardiorespiratory fitness, irrespective of BMI, according to recently published results.

Women have a lower risk for developing nonalcoholic fatty liver disease than men, but they have a higher risk for advanced fibrosis once it is established, according to study results.

Endoscopically placed intragastric balloons appeared to be safe and effective for the management of NASH, according to research published in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology.

Hepatitis C virus infection remains a strong driver of hepatocellular carcinoma with a high rate of progression to cirrhosis over an extended follow-up period, according to a study in International Journal of Molecular Sciences.

First responders and those who worked at the site of the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Centers in New York City showed a prevalence of fatty liver at a four times greater occurrence than the general population, according to an expert presenting data during a press conference in advance of Digestive Diseases Week data publication.