When managing patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV), initiating treatment of the infection promptly is more important than determining the severity of their liver disease with the customary staging ...

A significant number of people had asymptomatic liver disease, according to a large-scale European study. The LIVERSCREEN study is assessing a feasible, non-invasive screening strategy for liver ...

BOSTON — In the staging of liver fibrosis in the post-liver transplant setting, readings from noninvasive tests commonly have major discrepancies when compared with liver biopsy results, particularly ...

Liver disease includes any condition that damages your liver. Over time, scar tissue can build up in your liver. Scarring or fibrosis can progress over many years until you develop cirrhosis—the most ...

Fibrosis and cirrhosis both happen because of liver damage due to factors such as excessive alcohol use, viral hepatitis, and obesity. Fibrosis is scarring of the liver. Scarring that is severe and ...

Semaglutide significantly improved liver fibrosis and steatohepatitis resolution in MASH patients over 72 weeks compared to placebo. The study involved 800 patients receiving semaglutide and 400 ...

Patients with biopsy-confirmed metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH) and fibrosis who received a novel small molecule thyroid hormone receptor agonist achieved statistically ...