Bariatric surgery or gastric sleeve surgery approache is found highly effective for reducing nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, emphasised in a study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine.
Liver fibrosis
MRI for better assessment of liver fibrosis
Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis remains a major public health problem worldwide. While the majority of complications from chronic liver disease result from progressive hepatic fibrosis, the available diagnostic tests used in clinical practice are not sensitive or specific enough to detect occult liver injury at early or intermediate stages. – MRI imagery is emerging as a non-invasive way to determine the existence and extent of hepatic fibrosis. It could eventually help the development of pharmacologic strategies to combat the condition.