Compared with nonsurgical management bariatric surgery is associated with a significant reduction in cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk in individuals with severe obesity and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), a large, population-based retrospective cohort study from the United States has found.

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is associated with a 1.5 times higher risk of new-onset heart failure, independent of the presence of diabetes, hypertension and other common cardiovascular risk factors, a large meta-analysis has found.

The incidence of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) decreases with time in patients cured of hepatitis C virus infection and is lowest in younger patients and in those with compensated cirrhosis, a systematic review and meta-analysis has found.

In patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), fibrosis stages F3 and F4 are associated with an increased risk of liver-related health problems and death from all causes, a large prospective study from the USA has found.

Using a multistep algorithm based on risk factors and noninvasive testing followed by targeted transient elastography can identify patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) in primary care, a study from the United States has found.

An electronic algorithm integrated with primary care clinical database systems achieved a modest increase in hepatitis C (HCV) case finding, a UK general practice-based study has found.

One in five young people have steatosis, one in ten severe steatosis, and one in forty liver fibrosis, a recent UK study has found.

The prevalence of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is rising, a large study from the United States has found.