Hepatology
News
Racial disparities not found in chronic hepatitis B treatment initiation
Treatment guidelines need to be simplified and that efforts to increase hepatitis B virus (HBV) awareness and train more clinicians are needed.
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Likely cause of mysterious hepatitis outbreak in children identified
The study’s key messages for parents and health care providers “are awareness and reassurance,” Dr. Balistreri said in an interview.
Commentary
Celebrity death finally solved – with locks of hair
Case: A 56-year-old musician presents with diffuse abdominal pain, cramping, and jaundice. His medical history is notable for years of diffuse...
News
Exercise training reduces liver fat in patients with NAFLD, even without weight loss
“Prior to our study, it was felt that body weight loss of at least 5% was required in order to significantly improve liver histology. Our findings...
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Exercise halves T2D risk in adults with obesity
Adults with obesity in a supervised exercise program were significantly less likely than nonexercisers to develop type 2 diabetes 10 years later...
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Can a nationwide liver paired donation program work?
The program will require a donor (and a support person) to travel to the recipient’s transplant center where the surgery will be performed. A...
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Strong support to provide DAA therapy to all patients with HCV
The findings highlight a “substantial need to provide DAA therapy to all patients with HCV, regardless of disease stage or financial status.”
News
Nonheavy alcohol use associated with liver fibrosis, NASH
“Our results call this strict categorization into question, suggesting that even nonheavy alcohol use should be considered as a factor...
Commentary
How a cheap liver drug may be the key to preventing COVID
The authors of a paper appearing in Nature give us multiple, complementary lines of evidence.
Conference Coverage
Bepirovirsen: Is a ‘functional cure’ for HBV on the horizon?
“Bepirovirsen is just one RNA-based HBV therapy now being pursued. Several other antisense RNAs as well as the more malleable small interfering...