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Liver health
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Carrying one copy of the alpha-1 antitrypsin variant raised liver risk, not just two
Single-copy carriers are usually told they are unaffected. Following 22,537 genotyped veterans for a median of 15.9 years found risk rising step by step with each copy of the variant.
Sep 16, 2026
Liver stiffness readings used to judge fatty liver treatment were checked against biopsy for the first time
Guidelines already accept a 30% drop in liver stiffness as evidence a treatment is working. In 160 patients who had both the scan and the biopsy, someone finally tested whether that holds.
Sep 7, 2026
Losing a tenth of body weight tracked seven times the odds of cirrhosis recovering
Decompensated cirrhosis is treated as one-way: once the liver fails, the list is transplant or palliation. Among 344 patients, 64 climbed back out, and weight loss was the strongest thing separating them.
Sep 6, 2026
A ketogenic diet did 2 to 3 times more for liver insulin sensitivity at matched weight loss
Diet trials usually compare diets producing different amounts of weight loss, so the diet and the pounds cannot be told apart. A Cell Metabolism trial held the loss at about 10% across three diets, and the composition still mattered.
Sep 1, 2026