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The Program on the Surgical Control of the Hyperlipidemias (POSCH) and the Lipid Regulatory Hypothesis

The Lipid Regulatory Hypothesis (LRH) states that the best way to regress atherosclerotic plaque is to simultaneously decrease the cholesterol being…

How I Treat: Coronary Heart Disease: The Pleiotropic Effects of Statins

Cardiovascular (CV) diseases currently represent the first cause of death in industrialised countries with coronary heart disease (CHD) corresponding to…

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Education of Medical Students in the Robotic Surgery Operating Room

Starting from the first year of medical school, our medical students have the opportunity to observe robotic urological procedures in the operating room…

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Serving the Underserved—Making Strides to Improve Women’s Cardiovascular Health

At the age of four, my daughter Bek began to have troubles with fatigue. Her mother noted that she was drinking more water and seemed to have to go to…

Editor’s Pick: Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease – Changing the Prevalence of Liver Cancer?

Due to its increasing prevalence, exceeding 25% of the Western population, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) merits recognition as one of the…

Alcohol Dependence and Alcoholic Liver Disease

Summary of Presentations from the H. Lundbeck A/S-Supported Symposium, held at the 49th Annual International Liver Congress, London, United Kingdom…

The Liver Meeting 2014: Summary of Presentations on Genotype 3 HCV Infection from the 65th Annual Liver Meeting of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD), Held in Boston, MA, USA, on 7th-11th November, 2014

After genotype 1 (GT1), genotype 3 (GT3) is the second most common hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotype worldwide, with an estimated worldwide prevalence of…

Definitions of Acute-On-Chronic Liver Failure: The Past, the Present, and the Future

Acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF) is an entity used to define patients with liver cirrhosis presenting with acute decompensation.

Hepatic-Based Inborn Errors of Metabolism

Inborn errors of metabolism (IEMs) are a vast, diverse, and heterogeneous set of genetic disorders. Hepatic-based IEMs are a significant cause of…

Metabolic Syndrome in Paediatric Population: Is it Time to Think Back on Diagnosis Criteria?

Metabolic syndrome (MetS) represents an emerging disease in the paediatric population; it is characterised by a cluster of cardiometabolic abnormalities…