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In a study that addressed the issue of insulin sensitivity with respect to sleep disordered breathing (SDB), Naresh Punjabi, M.D., Ph.D. sought to examine the relationship between SDB and insulin resistance using the best tools at his disposal to do so.The results definitively link SDB to pre-diabetic changes in insulin production and glucose metabolism. It was published in the first issue for February of the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, published by the...
People on low-carbohydrate diets are more dependent on the oxidation of fat in the liver for energy than those on a low-calorie diet, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found in a small clinical study.The findings, published in the journal Hepatology, could have implications for treating obesity and related diseases such as diabetes, insulin resistance and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, said Dr. Jeffrey Browning, assistant professor in the UT Southwestern Advanced Imaging...
A new randomized, prospective trial has shown that orlistat, a commonly prescribed inhibitor of fat absorption, does not help patients with fatty liver disease (FLD) lose weight, nor does it improve their liver enzymes or insulin resistance. These findings are in the January issue of Hepatology, a journal published by John Wiley & Sons on behalf of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD). The article is also available online at Wiley Interscience...
A new study suggests that patients with hepatitis C (HCV) who need a liver transplant should not receive an organ with high levels of fatty deposits (a.k.a. hepatic steatosis). HCV recurrence was more frequent and earlier among those transplanted with such livers. These findings are in the January issue of Liver Transplantation, a journal published by John Wiley & Sons. The article is also available online at Wiley Interscience.Recently, reports have revealed that survival rates among...
Obesity is becoming one of the most common causes of liver disease in the nation. A popular surgery may resolve the dangerous disease and its cause.A recent study shows bariatric surgery, a popular and effective weight loss method for morbidly obese individuals, improves or completely resolves complications associated with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) in a majority of patients.Of patients with steatosis, or fat accumulation in the liver cells, 91.6 experienced improvement or...
Abstinence is still the best policy ROCHESTER, Minn., Dec. 1 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A new study from Mayo Clinic finds the use of the drug therapy etanercept ineffective in treating alcoholic hepatitis, an acute inflammation of the liver caused by excessive consumption of alcohol. The results of the study are published in the December issue of Gastroenterology (http://www.gastrojournal.org/). VIDEO ALERT: Additional audio and video resources, including excerpts from an interview...
For years, pear-shaped people who carry weight in the thighs and backside have been told they are at lower risk for high blood pressure and heart disease than apple-shaped people who carry fat in the abdomen. But new findings from nutrition researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis suggest body-shape comparisons don't completely explain risk.In two studies, they report excess liver fat appears to be the real key to insulin resistance, cholesterol abnormalities and...
Imaging technology can identify liver fibrosis with high accuracy, limiting the need for biopsies to diagnose diseases, U.S. researchers say. Dr. Jayant Talwalkar, a hepatologist at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., said magnetic resonance elastography, or MRE, produces color-coded images known as elastograms that indicate how internal organs, muscles and tissues would feel to the touch. Other imaging methods are unable to provide that information. "Knowing the liver's elasticity or...
Enzo Biochem, Inc. (NYSE:ENZ) reported today that recent work supported by Enzo will be presented at the Liver Conference(R), sponsored by the American Society for the Study of Liver Diseases (ASSLD), detailing research advances in understanding Natural Killer cells (NKT cells) -- lymphocytes that play a major role in immune surveillance and are involved in important processes such as autoimmunity and cancer. The research presented focuses on the following key areas involving NKT...
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- The goal of researchers from the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN, led by Dr. Paul Angulo, was to determine the effects of fatty liver disease in children up to 20 years after the initial diagnosis. This is especially important as nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the most prevalent liver disease in preadolescents and adolescents. To put the problem of NAFLD into perspective, Ariel Feldstein, MD, another investigator involved with the study said,...
