In medicine, language matters and the words used to name and describe a disease can have a profound impact on patients and their families. Over the last two decades, many …
Alcohol-associated liver disease (ALD) represents a spectrum of liver injury resulting from alcohol use, ranging from hepatic steatosis to more advanced forms including alcoholic …
Cirrhosis is widely prevalent worldwide and can be a consequence of different causes, such as obesity, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, high alcohol consumption, hepatitis B or C …
B Muncan, SM Walters, J Ezell, DC Ompad - Harm reduction journal, 2020 - Springer
Background People who inject drugs (PWID) are a medically and socially vulnerable population with a high incidence of overdose, mental illness, and infections like HIV and …
Despite its increased recognition as a major health threat, fatty liver disease associated with metabolic dysfunction remains largely underdiagnosed and undertreated. An international …
People with alcohol-related liver disease (ALD) experience stigma and discrimination. This review summarises the evidence on stigma in healthcare and its implications for people with …
With the increasing prevalence of obesity and type 2 diabetes, fatty liver disease associated with metabolic dysfunction is a global health problem, especially because it is one of the …
HK Seitz, R Bataller, H Cortez-Pinto, B Gao… - Nature reviews Disease …, 2018 - nature.com
Alcoholic liver disease (ALD) is the most prevalent type of chronic liver disease worldwide. ALD can progress from alcoholic fatty liver (AFL) to alcoholic steatohepatitis (ASH), which is …
Background and Aims Sustained virologic response (SVR) to interferon (IFN)‐free therapies ameliorates portal hypertension (PH); however, it remains unclear whether a decrease in …