#fatty liver disease

NASH, Alcohol Now the Top Reasons for Liver Transplants

The disease has similar prevalence across high-income and low- and middle-income nations.

Mice that performed modest exercise were less likely to show signs of inflammation, cell aging and liver cancer.

The Life’s Simple 7 metric accurately indicates the likelihood of having fatty liver disease.

A diet that includes aquatic plants and green tea and less red meat could lower the occurrence of NAFLD.

A Mediterranean diet could help reduce the risk of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis.

New guidelines recommend focusing on healthy foods but don’t restrict added sugars or alcohol as much as some experts had hoped.

Mice with diabetes that were fed triclosan in addition to a high-fat diet tend to have more liver fat and worse fibrosis.

Areas with lower population density have not seen the same slowdown as urban areas.

If passed, the law would boost liver disease research and create a national strategy to tackle non-alcoholic steatohepatitis.

Optimal treatment for fatty liver disease may involve combining drugs with different mechanisms of action.

Many people with fatty liver disease have obesity, diabetes and other metabolic conditions.

As with HIV-negative individuals, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease is tied to diabetes and irregular blood lipids in those with HIV.

This connection may be attributable to lower iron levels.

Women have a lower risk of heart disease than men, but this protective effect is diminished in those with fatty liver disease.