As America’s older adult population grows and geriatricians retire, nurse practitioners are stepping up to provide essential, compassionate care—often in patients’ homes.
Stigmatizing language on transplant websites may deter patients with alcohol use disorder and alcohol-associated liver disease from seeking necessary medical care.
Investigators may have uncovered a new factor contributing to the rising incidence of metabolic dysfunction–associated steatotic liver disease among Latinx pediatric patients.
Study reveals stark survival contrast: cirrhotic patients with normal zinc levels showed 86% survival rate versus significantly poorer outcomes in zinc-deficient patients (35.56 ± 11.65 mcg/dL, P<.0001), suggesting a potentially modifiable risk factor in hepatic encephalopathy management.
Researchers found that universal hepatitis C screening guidelines increased testing rates in pregnant women, but overall uptake remained low, particularly among nonpregnant women.