Why a thyroid hormone receptor- agonist has won the race as the 1st drug to treat MASLD ?

This fantastic review on Gut Journal explains the reasons.

bit.ly/3vdfuJH #MASLD #livertwitter #medX

MASH clinical trials and drugs pipeline: An impending Tsunami . Update Review on MASH Drugs #livertwitter #gitwitter ⁦Naim Alkhouri⁩ pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38502810/?utm_…

New WHO #HepB guidlelines, incl: expanded & simplified treatment criteria for adults AND adolescents; expanded eligibility for antiviral prophylaxis to prevent MTCT; pt-of-care HBV DNA VL & reflex HBV DNA testing; + who & how to test for HDV who.int/publications/i… #LiverTwitter

Honored to be part of the team for this important work that provides key information on a pressing issue - holding GLP-1RAs before the endoscopies (but, maybe just EGD and double, not Colo?)

Non-invasive tests are proving to be as good as, if not better than, liver biopsy in predicting patient prognosis for steatotic liver disease. #LiverDisease #MedicalResearch doi: 10.1001/jama.2024.1447

➡️Ultra-processed food intake ⬆️risk for mortality, cancer, mental, respiratory, cardiovascular, GI and metabolic diseases
➡️Total kcal derived from #UPF in the US is 58%
➡️We should minimize it as much as possible..

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This brilliant and insightful Nature Reviews Microbiology review article on the gut-liver axis and gut microbiota in health and liver disease is a must-read→jmp.sh/pW7joscF Cynthia Hsu Bernd Schnabl #NAFLD #NASH #microbiota #livertwitter #medtwitter

Truly grateful for AASLD Foundation AASLD ongoing support since day 1.

So Thankful for this amazing group of GI fellows! Happy #ThankAResidentDay2024 ! Cedars-Sinai Academic Medicine IBD at Cedars-Sinai #MedEd 🥼🩺

I’m grateful for the opportunity to have written this Editorial NEJM UCSD Gastroenterology

📢We should aspire for FULL adherence to AASLD Acute Variceal Bleeding-QI #Livertwitter

👍FULL adherence: ⬇️ 6-week mortality, regardless of MELD
👎Suboptimal adherence: ⬆️6-week mortality DESPITE lower predicted risk of ☠️

📜shorturl.at/ehES0 HEPATOLOGY Journal

'Upper limit of normal ALT levels in health and metabolic diseases: Pooled analysis of 423,355 individuals with bootstrap modelling' now online at bit.ly/3I5Vr2H
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Excellent comment #NewsandViews on our Journal of Hepatology article. It is time to take actions to reduce alcohol-related burden at a population level #LiverTwitter Luis Antonio Díaz, MD Ramon Bataller Jeffrey V. Lazarus Marco Arrese, MD

🆕Article in press❕

Randomized-controlled trial of anakinra plus zinc vs. prednisone for severe alcohol-associated hepatitis

Full text here👉journal-of-hepatology.eu/article/S0168-…

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Sharing a recent commentary published in the Lancet Gastroenterology and Hepatology Journal regarding the importance of the inclusion of the HBV lived experience within #hepatitisB treatment guidelines. thelancet.com/journals/langa…
I look forward to your feedback!

In a JAMA Network Open article, twin pairs were randomized to follow a healthy vegan diet or a healthy omnivorous diet for 8 weeks to compare the effects.

This study is now the subject of a @Netlix documentary.

Watched the show? See the study.

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See here the 10 top research priorities to tackle alcohol-related liver disease in The Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology

I would add an overlooked issue:

What is the role of alcohol lobbying companies in promoting alcohol use and preventing regulations?

#livertwitter AASLD EASL Education

Researchers at the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai Institute at Cedars-Sinai have uncovered a crucial health disparity: women with alcohol-related liver disease face a significantly higher mortality risk than men with the same condition.

Read more. ⬇️
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Is safe to perform a liver transplant in patients with acute-on-chronic liver failure ?

What are the indications ? When is too late ?

This review in The Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology explains it all.

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Today we launch our new #CedarsSinai mental health support app, 'Xaia,' on the Apple #VisionPro ! Thanks for STAT for covering how we combined spatial computing, #AI , and the extraordinary technology of this new headset to see therapy differently: statnews.com/2024/02/02/app…