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Research on obesity and diabetes discussed by scientists at Kochi Medical School

Published in Fitness and Wellness Business Week, January 31st, 2007

A new study, "Clinical features of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis in Japan: Evidence from the literature," is now available. According to recent research published in the Journal of Gastroenterology, "Metabolic syndrome, that is, obesity, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and insulin resistance with hyperinsulinemia, is a new disease entity prevailing worldwide, and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is believed to be a hepatic expression of this syndrome. NASH is characterized by zone 3-dominant hepatic steatosis with ballooned hepatocytes and Mallory bodies, zone 3 pericellular and perivenular fibrosis with or without bridging fibrosis, and lobular inflammatory cell...

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