Scientists are looking at a range of different drug classes, such as lysyl oxidase (LOX ... non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), the fatty liver disease that shows rising global incidence ...

(4) Liraglutide is a GLP-1 receptor agonist used clinically to treat type 2 diabetes, which functions by ameliorating the progression of NAFLD in patients with T2DM. (5) Obeticholic acid is a potent, ...

Nat Clin Pract Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2009;6(1):18-19. Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is one of the most common liver diseases in the Western world. NAFLD is associated with chronic ...

Low levels of traffic-related air pollution harms the liver and may raise the risk of metabolic-associated fatty liver disease, a new study in mice suggests. Long-term exposure to low levels of ...

Moreover, a retrospective study used proton density fat fraction (PDFF) and MRI to evaluate the extent of pancreatic fat in individuals with NAFLD confirmed by biopsy. The average MRI-PDFFs for the ...

Jan. 27, 2025 — A study shows that patients with obesity and fatty liver-related cirrhosis who had bariatric (weight-loss) surgery significantly lowered their future risk of developing serious ...

Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle’s story is forever tied with one of Hollywood’s earliest scandals: the sudden demise of Virginia Rappe. Arbuckle had risen to fame in the early 1900s, eventually becoming one ...

These updated guidelines on the management of abnormal liver blood tests have been commissioned by the Clinical Services and Standards Committee (CSSC) of the British Society of Gastroenterology (BSG) ...