Treatments for autoimmune hepatitis and primary biliary cirrhosis In both of these diseases, your body’s natural defense system (the immune system) attacks and damages your liver. Primary ...

Changes like fibrosis, or scarring of the tissue in the liver, may lead to cirrhosis. “Liver inflammation is common and can be related to many causes that are not serious,” says Meaghan M.

Primary biliary cholangitis (formerly known as primary biliary cirrhosis, PBC) is an autoimmune liver disease in which a cycle of immune mediated biliary epithelial cell injury, cholestasis and ...

prevention of liver injury following hypovolaemic shock and preventing/delaying progression of cirrhosis of any aetiology. Moreover, statins have been shown to have potential beneficial effects in the ...

However, where it fell short was with respect to the failure at week 36 with the phase 2b SYMMETRY study, which used EFX to treat compensated cirrhosis patients due to MASH stage F4 fibrosis.

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 liver complications ...

Right now, patients with obesity and cirrhosis have few treatments for their progressive liver disease, but a new study offers one available option: bariatric surgery. Weight loss operations ...

CHENNAI: Ending months of mystery shrouding the abominable act of mixing faecal matter in potable water in an overhead tank that supplied drinking water to Dalit households in Vengaivayal in ...

Cirrhosis of the liver describes a progressive condition where scar tissue gradually replaces healthy liver tissue. Health experts may classify cirrhosis into two clinical stages: compensated ...

Yes, metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH) can result in cirrhosis of the liver. Formerly known as nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), MASH describes a type of metabolic ...

Tests on the "mysterious balls" which led to the closure of several Australian beaches last week have revealed they were made up partially of faecal bacteria. Nine beaches in Sydney were closed by ...