Sentences with phrase «related cirrhosis»

Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease - related cirrhosis and liver failure have become leading causes of liver transplant, and the numbers are only predicted to increase.

They found that patients with alcohol related cirrhosis were drinking on average the equivalent of four bottles of vodka each week, and were buying the cheapest booze they could find, paying around 33p per unit, irrespective of their income.

«Although association does not imply causality, these provocative data provide a strong argument in favour of the hypothesis that the amount of alcohol intake, and, as a result, the risk of alcohol - related cirrhosis, depends on latitude.

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The medical problems are of at least two types — problems related to the withdrawal of alcohol from the body (ranging from severe hangovers to delirium tremens and alcoholic hallucinosis) and problems of severe malnutrition (cirrhosis of the liver, polyneuropathy, Korsakoff's psychosis, and general malnutrition).

«New genetic link found for alcohol - related liver cirrhosis.»

In addition to its potential use in treating age - related health problems, metformin can treat portal hypertension — high blood pressure in the liver resulting from cirrhosis, according to a new study in American Journal of Physiology — Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology.

Liver - related mortality is closely related to the development of cirrhosis, the final consequence of progressive fibrosis, i.e. scarring of the liver resulting from chronic inflammation.

«Although there is a high risk of progression to decompensated cirrhosis and liver cancer among patients with advanced fibrosis, limiting access to people who have already progressed to late - stage disease as compared to treating earlier to prevent these liver - related complications seems counter-intuitive as a public health strategy.»

In multivariable Cox regression analysis, better overall survival was independently associated with the absence of HCC but not with cirrhosis or gender, while better liver - related survival was associated only with the absence of HCC.

«If we delay just one year, there will be an extra 900 liver related deaths, 800 new cases of cirrhosis and 500 new cases of liver cancer.

Models predict that in the absence of improved testing and treatment, over the next 40 to 50 years, nearly 2 million Americans will develop cirrhosis, hepatocellular carcinoma will afflict 400,000 others, and HCV - related complications will kill about 1 million people.

Telomere dysfunction — alterations in the structure and / or functioning of telomeres — is one of the molecular mechanisms underlying a number of age - related diseases but, to date, little is known about its possible role in pathologies of the liver such as cirrhosis, hepatitis and liver cancer.

Hepatitis C infection is a common cause of liver transplantation, with virus - related diseases comprising 40 % of primary indications for liver transplantation in Europe among patients with cirrhosis.

Approximately half of all cirrhosis - associated deaths are related to alcohol.

Liver cirrhosis, or end - stage liver disease, is the 10th leading cause of death in the United States, and approximately half of these deaths are related to alcohol consumption.

IGF - I may also be effective on models for cirrhosis related with viral hepatitis, because the activation of stellated cells is a common pathway to fibrosis.

One study that took place over 10 years found that deaths related to liver health occurred in 12 percent of patients with liver health issues and 20 percent of those with cirrhosis.

In addition, some studies have reported an inverse association between coffee consumption and risk of hepatocellular cirrhosis, which is strongly related to HCC [87].

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