Hepatology
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Alcohol-Related Liver Disease Mortality Higher in Women
Metabolic dysfunction–associated and alcohol-related liver disease was associated with an 83% higher hazard of all-cause mortality in women, but...
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Undiagnosed Cirrhosis May Underlie Some Dementia Cases
New study points to possible hepatic encephalopathy as underlying cause for dementia.
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Pretreatment Lab Testing for Chronic Skin Diseases Diverges From Guidelines
In the study, a CBC was the most common pretreatment test across treatments, performed in 41%-69% of patients before starting treatment with a...
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NEJM Study Highlights Resmetirom’s Efficacy in NASH With Liver Fibrosis
Although to date the MAESTRO-NASH trial lacks clinical outcomes, over its planned duration of 54 months, investigators will accrue data on liver-...
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New Guideline Offers Recommendations for Alcohol-Associated Liver Disease
The guidelines note the importance of policy aimed at alcohol use reduction, multidisciplinary care for alcohol use disorder and alcohol-...
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Is There a Safe Alcohol Limit in Early Liver Disease?
The mortality rate per 100,000 persons was 4342 in the group with intermediate and high risk for advanced fibrosis versus 1099 in the low-risk...
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Screening for alcohol use disorder cuts hospital readmission
Screening, a brief intervention, and a referral was associated with significantly reduced 30-day and 90-day likelihood of readmission for...
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MASLD often is worse in slim patients
These slim patients with MASLD were most often young patients, for the most part female, and less likely to present with symptoms of metabolic...
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FDA approves first 2 gene-editing therapies for sickle cell
These expensive “milestone treatments” greenlighted by the FDA are the first gene-based therapies for sickle cell disease.
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New insights into how omega-3 fatty acids improve NASH
BTC was consistently upregulated in liver cancer and downregulated by omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids in mice and humans with NASH.
Pearl of the Month
Diagnosing patients with sarcoidosis
Sarcoidosis should always be part of the differential when you see lymphopenia.