Joint Gi Society Message: Racism, Social Injustice and Our Pledge To Lead Change
Dear Colleagues:
The United States is experiencing the tragic consequences of racism.
As health care providers, we have...
Weight-Loss Surgery Effectively Reduces Weight and Lowers Risk of Post- Liver Transplant Complications in Obese Patients
Media Contact: Caroline Laurin
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San Francisco –...
More Women Diagnosed With HCV During Pregnancy, but Many Infants Still Not Tested Despite Recommendations From Leading Health Organizations
Media Contact: Caroline Laurin
Phone: (703) 299-9766
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Alexandria, VA – Data from a new study presented...
Pregnant Women With Cirrhosis Have Low Levels of Liver Decompensation Within a Year of Delivery
Media Contact: Caroline Laurin
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Boston – Data from a...
Associations between six dietary habits and risk of hepatocellular carcinoma: A Mendelian randomization study
Yunyang Deng, Junjie Huang, Martin C. S. Wong – 5 June 2022 – Diet is reported to be associated with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), but whether there is a causal relationship remains unclear. This study aimed to explore the potential causal associations between dietary habits and HCC risk using Mendelian randomization in an East Asian population.
Child hepatitis of unknown origin may be due to insufficient understanding of adenovirus pathogenicity
Yong Qi, Wenping Gong – 5 June 2022
Telomere length is associated with intima‐media thickness in pediatric liver transplant patients: A prospective cohort study
Nima Memaran, Hannes Wilke, Rizky I. Sugianto, Ulrich Baumann, Elena Bauer, Maxine Swallow, Esther Beuke, Norman Junge, Eva D. Pfister, Carl Grabitz, Nicolas Richter, Imeke Goldschmidt, Bernhard M. W. Schmidt, Anette Melk – 5 June 2022 – Leukocyte telomere length (LTL) is a marker for biological age. Pediatric liver transplant recipients show a high rate of subclinical atherosclerosis, indicated by elevated intima‐media thickness (IMT). We hypothesized that atherosclerosis is associated with biological age in these patients and investigated the course of LTL over time.
Access to technology to support telehealth in areas without specialty care for liver disease
Jacqueline B. Henson, Kara Wegermann, Yuval A. Patel, Julius M. Wilder, Andrew J. Muir – 4 June 2022
Elevated liver enzymes predict morbidity and mortality despite antiviral cure in patients with chronic hepatitis C: Data from the German Hepatitis C‐Registry
Frank Tacke, Hartwig Klinker, Klaus H. W. Boeker, Uta Merle, Ralph Link, Peter Buggisch, Dietrich Hüppe, Markus Cornberg, Christoph Sarrazin, Heiner Wedemeyer, Thomas Berg, Stefan Mauss, DHC‐R – 4 June 2022 – While direct‐acting antivirals (DAAs) cure chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in almost all patients, some patients remain at risk of liver disease despite HCV cure.
Contemporary management of pain in cirrhosis: Toward precision therapy for pain
Alexis Holman, Neehar Parikh, Dan J. Clauw, David A. Williams, Elliot B. Tapper – 4 June 2022 – Chronic pain is highly prevalent in patients with cirrhosis and is associated with poor health‐related quality of life and poor functional status. However, there is limited guidance on appropriate pain management in this population, and pharmacologic treatment can be harmful, leading to adverse outcomes, such as gastrointestinal bleeding, renal injury, falls, and hepatic encephalopathy.