by Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres For the first time, a study led by researchers at Helmholtz Zentrum München and the German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD) shows how glucocorticoid hormones, such as cortisol, control sugar and fat levels differently during day and night, feeding and fasting, rest and activity, over the course of...
Tag: <span>liver disease</span>
Post
Study shows artificial intelligence can detect language problems tied to liver failure
Technology that lets humans communicate with machines adapts well to role as medical detective JOHNS HOPKINS MEDICINE Natural language processing, the technology that lets computers read, decipher, understand and make sense of human language, is the driving force behind internet search engines, email filters, digital assistants such as Amazon’s Alexa and Apple’s Siri, and language-to-language...
Post
Antiretroviral HIV medication attenuates liver fibrosis
by Asociacion RUVID Scientists from Valencia University (UV) have discovered that Rilpivirine, an antiretroviral drug used for treating HIV, has beneficial effects on chronic liver diseases. The finding opens a path to identify new therapies for liver diseases. Their work has been published in the journal Gut. Liver fibrosis is a significant health issue worldwide...
Post
Cell family trees tracked to discover their role in tissue scarring and liver disease
Posted Today Researchers have discovered that a key cell type involved in liver injury and cancer consists of two cellular families with different origins and functions. The research by academics from the Universities of Edinburgh and Bristol and funded by the Wellcome Trust and Medical Research Council is published in Nature Communications. The distinguishing feature of...
Post
Severity of psoriasis related to the severity of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
by EADV New results from a prospective, 12-month study indicate that the severity of psoriasis is associated with the severity of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). Patients with psoriasis and NAFLD had more severe hepatic damage, if they had a higher severity of psoriasis, based on ultrasound elastography measurements. The study findings were presented today...
Post
Fad diets could contribute to liver disease known as a ‘silent killer’
Posted Today If you’re looking to shed a few pounds, you might be tempted to try out popular new approaches like the keto diet or fasting. But you might be unwittingly worsening a problem you don’t even know you have: a fatty liver. Doctors are worried about an increasingly common condition called nonalcoholic fatty liver...
Post
Liver disease: New intelligent testing could save thousands of lives
by John Dillon, The Conversation Since the 1970s, liver disease in the UK has increased by more than 400%, particularly in people under 65—in marked contrast to all other major causes of death which have been decreasing in younger age groups. This epidemic has been driven by alcohol, obesity and hepatitis C. The liver is...
Post
Non-exercisers more likely to have fatty liver disease
Reviewed by James Ives, M.Psych. (Editor) “Training with high enough intensity to improve fitness can be important both for preventing and treating fatty liver disease,” says Ilaria Croci, a postdoctoral fellow in Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)’s Cardiac Exercise Research Group and at the University of Queensland in Australia. Little known, but common You may not have heard...
Post
Clemson researchers tie metabolic enzyme to obesity and fatty liver disease
The study was published in the Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry CLEMSON UNIVERSITY CLEMSON, South Carolina – Researchers from Clemson University’s Environmental Toxicology Program have published research connecting an enzyme associated with detoxification to obesity and fatty liver disease, especially in males. William Baldwin, professor and graduate program coordinator in the College of Science’s department of biological sciences, and members of his laboratory used a novel mouse model...
Post
Intelligent testing could save lives by defusing ticking time bomb of liver disease
by Dominic Glasgow, University of Dundee A new way of detecting liver disease decades before it can become fatal has been developed by a team of scientists at the University of Dundee and NHS Tayside. It comes as clinicians warn of a “ticking time bomb” of alcohol-related and obesity-related liver diseases. Liver disease, which is notoriously asymptomatic, has become...