On the other hand, cryptogenic cirrhosis was reported to be associated with diabetes mellitus, hyperlipidemia and high body mass index, which was not the case in all the three patients.

Figure 3. Correlation of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease with body mass index (BMI) in the population of the United States. Adapted from Ruhl and Everhart. [33] ...

How diet can reverse fatty liver diseaseFatty liver disease is becoming more common, especially as rates of obesity and type 2 diabetes continue to rise. It happens when too much fat builds up in ...

Background The detection of atrial fibrillation (AF) after a cryptogenic stroke (CS) carries important therapeutic implications. In this study, we aimed to accurately assess the incidence of AF among ...

While CTPI-2 is still in the research stage, it represents a big step forward in understanding how fatty liver disease works and how we might treat it more effectively in the future.

In the general population, most strokes are ischemic, and one-third of the cases remain cryptogenic with no recognized etiology (5). Cryptogenic ischemic strokes can be divided into subgroups, some of ...

Background and objective: The initial results of a survey of 588 patients with a clinical presentation of cryptogenic fibrosing alveolitis (CFA) also known as idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, have been ...

Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) is a major cause of chronic liver disease among people living with HIV, and preliminary evidence shows that lifestyle modification can ...

Steven Register, an Alabama father battling stage 4 cancer, finds hope in a liver transplant donated from a high school friend after a social media call for donors.

Of 4,056,287 hospitalizations of patients with chronic liver disease (mean age, 58.3 years; 55.4% men), 44.9% had Medicare and 26% had Medicaid.