Is There a Safe Alcohol Consumption Limit for the General Population and in Patients with Liver Disease?
☝️VERY important question
✌️ Especially in those individuals with liver disease
🚨 Limits are probably lower than what we previously thought
Thanks Manuel Romero-Gómez for the…

How does the microbiome regulate cardiovascular risk ?

This fascinating study is Cell shows that a bacteria called Oscillibacter is capable of metabolizing our cholesterol.

They control our life...

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Now Online! View the latest AASLD Practice Guidelines around non-invasive liver disease assessments. HEPATOLOGY Journal #LiverTwitter #NILDA aasld.org/practice-guide…

The pipeline of obesity pharmacotherapies looks very promising.
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📢You were “today years old” when Madrigal Pharmaceuticals’s #Resmetirom became the 1st FDA-approved drug for MASH🥳🙌. A big day for the field and our patients! Looking fwd to Health Canada and PHAC Ontario Ministry of Health following suit!
Juan Pablo (JP) Arab, MD  Hassan Azhari, MD Jerry Chin, MBBS, FRACP

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☺️*Proud husband moment* Huma Saeed discusses the ⬆️rates of #syphilis in 🇨🇦 with The The Conversation Canada. 📈Why is this happening❓
- 🩺🤝Healthcare disparities, inequities and distrust
- ⬆️ PrEP, ⬇️ barrier protection
- ⬆️PnP / chemsex 💉💊

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A promising step for RNAi gene therapy 🧬 - targeting hepatic angiotensinogen synthesis significantly reduces 24-hr systolic BP in pts with hypertension ❤️🤯 - long term effects? Safety of combination with siRNAs under development for MASLD and other cardiometabolic disorders?

In this trial, single subcutaneous doses of zilebesiran, an RNA interference therapeutic, significantly lowered blood pressure for up to 6 months, suggesting potential for use as an effective antihypertensive with quarterly or biannual dosing.

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Now Online❗️ AASLD Practice Guidance on risk stratification and management of portal hypertension and varices in cirrhosis 👉 bit.ly/3uypo8v #LiverTwitter HEPATOLOGY Journal

#LiverTwitter - ILTS Vanguard Complex Liver Case Series is starting now! Come join us to learn more about the daunting 7th day Syndrome! 😱🗓️⌛️Juan Pablo (JP) Arab, MD  Manhal Izzy kym watt Hassan Azhari, MD Jerry Chin, MBBS, FRACP

🚨 One week from now! 🚨
🤝 Join the next Vanguard Complex Liver Cases webinar and learn about heart after liver transplant with domino donation, and a case of of 7th day syndrome 🔬

Secure your spot now for FREE: loom.ly/OePzhek #CountdownToILTSWebinar #ILTS

🆕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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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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This meta-analysis of 3 placebo-controlled RCTs found that #tirzepatide has a beneficial effect on blood pressure.
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The #ILTS Infectious Diseases SIG offers you the opportunity to actively participate in its meeting in Houston in May 2024 - and to win free congress registration! Click here to submit your proposal by February 15, 2024: loom.ly/YXEODPw
#ILTS 2024 #LiverTwitter

Just published! Dave Hudson et al. ' #Addiction and #Liver Disease: Exploring the Complex Relationship and Implications for Clinical Management' Current Reports
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Thank you to OAG for the invitation to speak at the International Symposium for IBD and Liver Review - great to catch up with colleagues, trainees and friends Blue Mountain Resort! ⛷️🗻☃️ #livertwitter

If you missed ILTS Annual Congress last year, check out the Proceedings, now in Liver Transplantation Journal (LTxJournal)! 🙏🏼 Grateful to be a part of this group of 🌟in liver transplantation! Ryan Chadha Alexandra Shingina, M.D., M.Sc. Varia Kirchner @TomoTanakaLTx Abdul Rahman Hakeem PhD, FRCS, FEBS, FACS journals.lww.com/lt/abstract/99… #livertwitter

Super proud of my wife ☺️🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Huma Saeed on her AMAZING work advocating for persons at risk of and persons living with #HIV - here, she talks about Canada's I'm Ready to Know • J'agis pour savoir campaign to increase access to HIV self-testing kits Western University:
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👀Check it out!

Both medications and lifestyle are complementary and must coexist if we are to make a significant, population-level impact on the obesity epidemic.
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