THURSDAY, Jan. 30, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- Weight-loss surgery can protect the liver health of patients with obesity and ...

Right now, patients with obesity and cirrhosis have few treatments for their progressive liver disease, but a new study ...

Hepatic fibrosis is a reversible wound healing response characterized by accumulation of extracellular matrix (ECM), or "scar," that follows chronic but not self-limited liver disease. The ECM ...

New research shows bariatric surgery's powerful impact on liver health, reducing fatty liver disease risk and improving ...

Medically reviewed by Jay N. Yepuri, MD Primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) is a progressive scarring of the liver's bile ...

"Bariatric surgery was associated with a 72% lower risk of developing ... Accumulation of fat within liver cells triggers a ...

Akero Therapeutics reported Monday strong results from a nearly two-year, placebo-controlled study showing its drug efruxifermin reversed liver scarring in patients with cirrhosis caused by the ...

Right after surgery, I felt really tired. I wasn't hungry. And then once my liver began to grow to full ... My appetite was insane. The scar doesn't bother me. I think it's kind of cool.

Patients who were obese had a 72% lower risk of major complications from liver disease They also had an 80% lower risk of their liver disease reaching end-stage THURSDAY, Jan. 30, 2025 (HealthDay ...