NAFLD is a form of fatty liver (steatosis hepatitis) not caused by increased alcohol consumption. The prevalence in Europe is estimated to be between 20 and 30%.
Scientists have developed effective antimicrobial glass and basalt fibers. The fibers are effective against different strains of bacteria and fungi and might be used in filters and textiles in the future.
Chronic liver disease is on the rise. Aside from undetected liver disease, abnormal liver function tests are often not followed up in primary care, or many patients ignore their follow-up appointments.
Hepatitis E represents a major health challenge worldwide and is still difficult to control. For example, prevention in disinfection is reaching its limits and vaccination is currently only available in China.
How does COVID-19 affect patients with liver disease? This was the topic of a special online session at the EASL digital congress 2020.
HIV coinfection is quite common in HCV patients. However, little research has been done on the influence of such co-infections on the morbidity and mortality of those affected.
With the help of the Europe-wide PREDICT study, an international research association determined three forms of acute decompensated liver cirrhosis.
Researchers identified a microRNA in obese female mice that transmit a potential risk of liver cancer to their offspring over generations.
Repeated measurement of the FIB-4 index score over several years helps to assess the risk of developing a serious liver disease such as cirrhosis, according to a recent study from Sweden.
The ATLS is a health care professionals training for treating traumatized patients in the early stages of hospitalization. Developed by the American College of Surgeons it originated in 1976.
Global clinical data show that COVID-19 affects men more severely than women. According to a first recent study on the issue, SARS-CoV-2-infected women may develop a more potent immune response.
The German Society for Urology (DGU) warns of a long-term increase in urological diseases as a result of climate change and its increasingly occurring extreme heatwaves.
A recent study has shown encouraging results for the use of hyperimmune plasma in COVID-19 patients, reducing mortality, improving respiratory function, and decreasing inflammatory indices.
The body's own regulation of a particular gene is associated with a reduced risk of developing post-traumatic stress disorder after a terrible experience.
A series of 22 autopsies showed that heart damage in COVID-19 deaths had a particular cell death pattern of individual cardiac myocytes and not the typical heart muscle inflammation associated with myocarditis.
A summer camp in Georgia (USA) became a major SARS-CoV-2 cluster. At least 260 of its 597 attendants tested positive. The discovery confirms that children can contract the virus and play a key role in its spread.
"scVelo" is a machine learning-based open software that predicts gene activity in individual cells. This could allow predicting the future state of individual cells and to better understand the course of a disease.
A team is investigating how some semiochemicals involved in the body's "fight-or-flight reaction" impact immune cells. They aim to further explain how stress can make humans more susceptible to infections or cancer.
According to current studies, the advantages in endpoint categories such as mortality, morbidity, and health-related quality of life are not offset by disadvantages in darolutamide treatment.
According to a study, several species of Asia-endemic mosquitoes are spreading in Tyrol. This increases the transmission risk of dangerous viruses such as Dengue, Chikungunya, and Zika.