hep·a·tol·o·gy

(hĕp′ə-tŏl′ə-jē)

The branch of medicine that deals with the diagnosis and treatment of diseases and disorders of the liver.

hep′a·tol′o·gist n.

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hepatology

(ˌhɛpəˈtɒlədʒɪ)

(Medicine) the branch of medicine concerned with the liver and its diseases

ˌhepaˈtologist n

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hepatology

the study and treatment of the liver. — hepatologist, n. — hepatological, adj.

hep·a·tol·o·gy

n. hepatología, estudio del hígado.

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hepatology

n hepatología, rama de la medicina que se ocupa del hígado y sus enfermedades

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The study, which included experts from the University of Oxford and the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), was published in the journal Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology.

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Lisa Wilde, director of Bowel Cancer UK, told how the findings - which were published in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology - added to the "growing body of evidence that fish may help reduce the risk of bowel cancer".

3 fish meals a week cuts cancer risk

"While diabetes-related mortality has been reported to be decreasing due to improved awareness and management, our results highlight the need to better address NAFLD [nonalcoholic fatty liver disease] and end-stage liver disease among individuals with diabetes," researchers led by Donghee Kim, MD, PhD, wrote in an article published in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Chronic liver disease deaths in diabetes increased over a decade

Albireo Pharma announced that clinical data from a Phase 2 study of lead product candidate odevixibat or A4250, a highly potent and selective inhibitor of the ileal bile acid transporter, IBAT, in biliary atresia, Alagille syndrome and progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis, PFIC, were presented today at the 2019 European Society for Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition Annual Meeting in Glasgow, Scotland.

Data on Albireo's Odevixibat presented at 2019 ESPGHAN annual meeting

Pakistan Cricket Board arranged an appointment for him with a London-based gastroenterology and hepatology specialist.

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Hepatology experts underscored the need for maximum caution while drinking water to avoid outbreak of jaundice caused by the contamination of Hepatitis-E virus, reports BSS.

Caution needed to check Hepatitis-E

Bahwalpur -- Hepatitis B and C are on rise in south Asia including Pakistan, this is a great heath challenge to Pakistan and it needs to be addressed at all levels under direct supervision of both the Federal and Provincial Governments, with strong political commitment and by raising awareness campaigns at gross root level, this has been expressed by Dr Malik Asif Rahim Channer, Divisional Emergency Officer Punjab Emergency Service Bahawalpur while attending the two days second Annual Conference and Workshop on Hepatology held in Bahawalpur w.e.f 28th to 30th March 2019.

Awareness campaign again rising Hepatitis B and C urged

Consultant of Gastroenterologist and Hepatology at Amiri Hospital, Dr.

MOH provides ustekinumab to Crohn's patients

He further subspecialised in Gastroenterology and Hepatology with further trainings at the Johann-Wolgang Goethe Hospitale in Germany in 2000, and the University of Tel-Aviv in Israel in 2002.

Buhari Approves Otegbayo's Appointment As UCH CMD

Two recent studies have been published in the latest issue of Hepatology to shed light on this dilemma.

Convenient chronic hepatitis B candidates for antiviral cessation and retreatment after relapse: When and who?