Background: It is currently recommended that all patients with liver cirrhosis undergo upper gastrointestinal endoscopy (UGIE) to identify those who have large esophageal varices (LEVx ...

including the etiology of liver cirrhosis and measures of severity of disease, are shown in Table 1. Of these 101 patients, 12 did not have esophageal varices at endoscopy, 43 had small esophageal ...

Amezalpat has been granted FDA fast track designation as treatment for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma.

Recent research suggests that a new approach could help even patients with advanced forms of fatty liver disease.

The inflammation and scarring caused by excess fat may eventually lead to cirrhosis, which increases the risk of liver failure and liver cancer. This double whammy of fatty deposits may be a ...

Low-Level Traffic Air Pollution Linked to Liver Damage and Fatty Liver Disease Jan. 31, 2025 — Low levels of traffic-related air pollution harms the liver and may raise the risk of metabolic ...

today announced that the top-line results of the NAVIGATE trial in patients with MASH cirrhosis and portal hypertension will be presented during the 2025 MASH-TAG Conference, being held January 9 ...

Feb. 11, 2025 — Patients aged between 50 to 70 years with a mechanical heart valve replacement had better long-term survival compared to those with a biological valve, new research has ..

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Welcome to the Lancet Global Burden of Disease (GBD) Resource Centre, bringing together the most comprehensive data and analysis of worldwide trends in global health, published across the Lancet ...

The American Cancer Society’s estimates for primary liver cancer and intrahepatic bile duct cancer in the United States for 2025 are: About 42,240 new cases (28,220 in men and 14,020 in women) will be ...