Feature Channels: Liver Disease

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Below are some of the latest research and features on this growing population of older adults in the Seniors channel on Newswise.

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Chula researchers have developed a remarkable wireless hepatitis B virus test kit to screen for infection and collect data for an online database that’s fast and complete in one step.

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A modeling study projecting the economic and social burden of alcohol-associated liver disease by 2040 is featured in the February 2024 issue of AJG, just one month after the new ACG Clinical Guideline on Alcohol-Associated Liver Disease

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Males born to obese women are more likely to be overweight at birth and develop metabolic complications in later life, including liver disease and diabetes.

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UChicago Medicine was the first hospital in Illinois to treat patients using histotripsy, a new noninvasive technology that uses ultrasound energy to precisely destroy liver tumors.

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The Cedars-Sinai Comprehensive Transplant Center and Smidt Heart Institute together completed 652 solid organ transplants in 2023, far outpacing Cedars-Sinai’s internal record set just one year ago, when surgeons completed 583 transplants.

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For 21 years, nurses have consistently been the most trusted profession, according to the yearly Gallup poll. (The new poll will be issued by the end of January). Dr Rushton, who specializes in burnout, will speak on trust, moral injury, and how nurses cope in this day and age.

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The Vanderbilt Transplant Center (VTC) established a new record in calendar year 2023 for total solid organ transplants, performing 739 lifesaving procedures among its adult and pediatric organ transplant programs.

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Chirag Desai, MD, FACS, an abdominal organ transplant and hepatobiliary-pancreatic surgeon at UNC Hospitals, performed a “domino” liver transplant, which helped two patients from a single donor without splitting a liver.

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The latest research and expertise on the flue can be found in the Influenza channel on Newswise.

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Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, the state's only National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center, together with RWJBarnabas Health, has joined a select number of institutions nationwide that offer a specialized chemotherapy delivery system called hepatic artery infusion (HAI) therapy for patients with liver tumors.

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Noninvasive non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) assessment is a clinical challenge in managing non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.

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Investigators from the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai and colleagues found that women with fatty liver disease related to alcohol consumption have almost twice the risk of dying within a certain time period than men with the same condition.

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Metabolic dysfunction–associated steatohepatitis or MASH (formerly known as nonalcoholic steatohepatitis) is an inflammatory, liver-scarring disease that affects 1.5% to 6.5% of all U.S. adults.

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A roundup of 2023 medical discoveries and innovations at Cedars-Sinai Cancer.

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Find the latest research and features on emergency medicine in the Emergency Medicine channel on Newswise.

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RUDN University biologists and colleagues from Jordan and Malaysia found that a flavonoid from green tea mitigates the harmful effects of hookah smoking - it reduces inflammation and oxidative stress while protecting the tissues of the lungs, liver, and kidneys.