by The Endocrine Society Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain People with sedentary lifestyles and unhealthy sleep behaviors could develop fatty liver disease, according to new research published in the Endocrine Society’s Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. Fatty liver disease is the leading chronic liver disease worldwide, affecting about a quarter of the adult population. This type...
MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA (Vienna, 05 July 2022) It is important to know whether patients have non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) or alcohol-related liver disease (ALD), as this distinction plays a key role in treatment and prognosis but cannot be reliably determined by established diagnostic means. In a study led by MedUni Vienna, a new...
Credit: Estzer Miller on Pixabay Psoriasis is associated with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) in a U.S. outpatient population, according to a study published May 25 in JAMA Dermatology. Zhijie Ruan, M.Med., from the First Affiliated Hospital of Shantou University Medical College in China, and colleagues used data from 5,672 U.S. adults (aged 20 to 59...
NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY IMAGE: PHOTO 1: (FROM LEFT TO RIGHT) NTU LKCMED PHD CANDIDATE LEE KHANG LENG; NTU LKCMED NANYANG ASSISTANT PROFESSOR CHRISTINE CHEUNG; AND NTU LKCMEDICINE RESEARCH FELLOW DR NG CHUN-YI RECREATED BLOOD VESSEL CELLS FROM SAMPLES DONATED BY 99 NAFLD PATIENTS AND 56 HEALTHY CONTROLS TO BE USED AS EXPERIMENTAL MODELS FOR THE...
by University of Eastern Finland A 12-week high-intensity interval training has beneficial ameliorating effects in NAFLD subjects at whole body level by regulating glucose metabolism and promoting alterations in amino acid, lipid, and bile acid metabolism. Credit: Scientific Reports (2022). DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-10481-9 Exercise supports the treatment of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease by impacting on several metabolic pathways...
In a new study published in the journal Hepatology, a research group at Karolinska Institutet shows that people with fatty liver disease are expected to live almost three years shorter than the general population. People who have been diagnosed with so-called fatty liver, run an increased risk of developing cardiovascular disease and loss in life expectancy, compared...
by University of Barcelona Effect of HFD and HFHFr on caloric intake, body weight, thermogenic markers in BAT, and inflammatory markers in liver: A) Bar plots showing the AUC of caloric intake for the full length of the study (3 months) corresponding to the three experimental groups studied: Control (CT), high fat diet (HFD), and...
by Benoit Arsenault, Émilie Gobeil, The Conversation Studying the genetic aspects of fatty liver disease can help identify its causes and consequences and find new treatments. Credit: Shutterstock Over the past 40 years, changes in our urban environment and diet have had a major impact on our lifestyles. We are more sedentary and the quality...
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) affects almost a quarter of adults worldwide. Yale researchers have discovered a therapeutic target for the treatment of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and liver insulin resistance in type 2 diabetes. The study appears in the issue of the Journal of Clinical Investigation. Liver disease is one of the leading causes of...
by Karolinska Institutet Sympathetic nerves (white) around the portal vein (blue), the bile duct (yellow), and the hepatic artery (red) in the liver. Photo: Csaba Adori et al., Science Advances, July 2021. With the application of a novel three-dimensional imaging technology, researchers at Karolinska Institutet have discovered that one portion of the autonomic nervous system in the liver...
