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New guidelines recommend focusing on healthy foods but don’t restrict added sugars or alcohol as much as some experts had hoped.

All-cause mortality rates were highest among those with NAFLD-related cirrhosis.

Try to do at least 150 minutes of moderate-intensity physical activity every week.

A daily dose of the growth factor analogue administered over 24 weeks also aided in NASH resolution.

Researchers reported significant changes in liver, cardiovascular and diabetes markers.

Hypertension raises the risk of heart disease and severe COVID-19.

Tight living spaces, lack of protective gear and preexisting health conditions may account for the higher death rate in prisons.

People with cancer, heart disease and diabetes are at increased risk for serious illness from COVID-19.

A recent Swedish study defined a low-level detectable viral load as between 50 and 999.

This finding, which is in keeping with initial studies out of China and Italy, is preliminary as the CDC continues to gather data.

Women have a lower risk of heart disease than men, but this protective effect is diminished in those with fatty liver disease.

Americans are drinking more, which puts them at risk of alcohol-related liver disease, heart disease, cancer and accidents.

One year after such transplantations, the outcomes are similar to those who receive hearts not infected with hepatitis C.

That’s the core message of an essay by Anthony S. Fauci, MD, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

Adults with chronic liver disease are more than twice as likely than those without the condition to have barriers to medical care.

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