Hepatitis B Virus
Liver Diseases: a Huge European Health Burden, but Some Trends are Positive
Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, May 5th, 2008
More than 6,000 physicians and scientists from around the world gathered today in this historic Italian city to attend the opening sessions of the 43rd Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL), which runs until April 27th. Not surprisingly, several of the first presentations focused on trends in the prevalence of each of the major liver diseases, including continuing declines in new cases of hepatitis B and C, but stability or increases in fatty liver disease due either to excessive consumption of alcohol or non-alcoholic causes (NAFLD - non-alcoholic fatty liver disease).
Hepatologists (liver disease specialists) study and treat a...
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