liver

Liver stiffness and associated risk factors among people with a history of injecting drugs: a prospective cohort study

Scientific article

26 March 2024

Background: People who have problems with using opioids or other drugs and inject them have shorter lives than most people. Liver diseases, especially, contribute to this. Checking liver stiffness might help find liver problems early. This...

Liver Cancer Summit 2020

6 February 2020

Prague

Czechia

The program will feature state of the art lectures on updated key aspects of HCC and CCA by renowned experts and rising stars covering a broad spectrum of topics.

Panel discussion with experts will open a discussion on the new directions and avenues for research and clinical practice.

2019 MCA Symposium on Alcohol and Health

13 November 2019

London

This year's MCA Symposium is taking place on the 13th of November 2019 at the BMA in London.

The full-day programme will cover the topic of alcohol and health from a number of perspectives, including the relationship between addiction and alcohol, educating medical students at undergraduate and postgraduate levels, student mental health, training in addiction medicine and alcohol and the liver.

Review Article: Recent Insights into Clinical Decision-Making in Severe Alcoholic Hepatitis

Scientific article

21 May 2017

Summary Background Alcoholic hepatitis is a severe acute manifestation of alcoholic liver disease with a high mortality. Management of patients with this condition has been a matter of controversy for many years; however, recent clinical...