Fatty liver disease common in women with PCOS.
SAN DIEGO -- Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease is common in women with polycystic ovary syndrome, regardless of their body mass index, a retrospective analysis of 88 patients has shown. Although the prevalence of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in lean women in the general population ranges from 3%...

Fatty liver disease common in PCOS patients.
SAN DIEGO -- Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease is common in women with polycystic ovary syndrome, regardless of their body mass index, a retrospective analysis of 88 patients has shown. Although the prevalence of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in lean women in the general population ranges from 3%...

Pruritus treatment will differ with liver and kidney disease.
SANTA BARBARA, CALIF. -- Solutions exist for patients with severe pruritus associated with liver or kidney disease, but they may not be the same as for patients with nonmetabolic causes of itch, according to Timothy G. Berger, M.D. In the case of liver disease, one must go...

Declines in memory, attention can be signs of advanced liver disease.
DENVER -- End-stage liver disease was associated with significant deficits in memory, abstract thought, sustained attention, and executive function in a study of 104 adult patients, Tina Meyer, Ph.D., reported in a poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychosomatic Society. "We want to enlighten...

Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.
The largest natural history study of patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease suggests that this disease has a more benign natural history than previously reported, except in cirrhotic disease stages. Among 420 patients diagnosed with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in Olmsted County, Minn., from 1980 to 2000,...

Blood test predicts steatohepatitis in patients who have nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.
ATLANTA -- A blood test can predict nonalcoholic steatohepatitis in patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, according to results of a study presented at a meeting sponsored by the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases. Hepatocyte apoptosis is known to mediate liver injury in nonalcoholic...

Tx differs for pruritus associated with liver or kidney disease.
Santa Barbara, Calif. -- Solutions exist for patients with severe pruritus associated with liver or kidney disease, but they may not be the same as for patients with nonmetabolic causes of itch, according to Timothy Berger, M.D. In the case of liver disease, go to the source:...

Heart disease not an automatic contraindication to liver transplant.
SEATTLE -- Underlying coronary artery disease should not be an automatic contraindication to orthotopic liver transplantation. Kabir Julka, M.D., said at the American Transplant Congress. Coronary artery disease (CAD) is a relative contraindication to liver and other organ transplants, but a retrospective review showed no differences in...

Biopsy can be tricky in fatty liver disease.
SAN FRANCISCO -- The liver biopsy remains the preferred method for diagnosing nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, but biopsy candidates should be chosen with care. Not all patients with signs of the disease will require a biopsy, Dr. Nathan M. Bass said at the Third World Congress on Insulin Resistance...

Rule out eight conditions before fatty liver disease Dx.
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, CALIF. -- Attribute a mild chronic elevation in alanine aminotransferase to fatty liver disease only after considering eight other diagnoses, Dr. Christopher L. Bowlus advised at an update in gastroenterology and hepatology sponsored by the University of California, Davis. He offered an algorithm for...