#fatty liver disease

NASH, Alcohol Now the Top Reasons for Liver Transplants

Liver cancer is now less likely to be caused by hepatitis B or C, but more likely to be caused by fatty liver disease or alcohol.

Toxins released at the 2001 World Trade Center disaster site may have doubled the incidence of NAFLD.

More than a third of hepatocellular carcinoma cases among Medicare recipients were due to fatty liver disease.

PFAS, synthetic chemicals found in many common products, may be contributing to an increase in liver problems, such as fatty liver disease.

Higher daily alcohol consumption was linked to greater risk for MAFLD.

The higher risk for women with longer periods does not appear to be related to obesity.

Liver fat reduction was similar with high-intensity interval exercise and moderate-intensity continuous training.

Three checkpoint inhibitors reduce the risk of death for patients with hard-to-treat liver and biliary tract cancers.

Abdominal obesity worsened the impact of air pollution on MAFLD development.

People with fatty liver disease and obesity who underwent bariatric surgery had better clinical outcomes.

Over the next two decades, obesity-linked NASH will lead to more deaths and high cost in the United States.

Even with this increase, older individuals now have better transplant outcomes.

Less than 10% of people with cirrhosis were regularly monitored for liver cancer.

However, no association was found between drinking coffee and liver fat accumulation.

From 1995 to 2016, hepatocellular carcinoma incidence in rural populations climbed by 218%.

People doing more than 300 minutes of physical activity per week nearly halved their risk for NAFLD.