Liver Disease
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Coffee is good for the liver
Considerable mainstream media attention focuses on lifestyle benefits of consuming different foods or beverages. While there is often little scientific evidence to support such reported benefits, Dr Norma McAvoy and Prof Peter Hayes review the evidence underpinning recent media coverage which was suggested that coffee consumption is good for the liver and is associated with a reduced risk of developing cirrhosis and liver cancer. Read…
Non alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD): a waist problem
Whilst liver disease is normally associated with alcohol abuse there has been a significant increase in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, a disease sharing features with alcoholic liver disease, but which is caused by obesity and diabetes rather than by alcohol abuse. Dr Norma McAvoy, Dr Khalida Lockman and Professor Peter Hayes review the evidence in relation to this increasing health problem. Read…
The metabolic syndrome – does it really exist?
In this companion to our article on non-alcoholic fatty liver disease Dr Katherine Hughes and Dr Mark Strachan review the evidence in relation to the existence of the metabolic syndrome – the clustering of metabolic abnormalities including obesity and diabetes which can lead to the development of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. Read…
The trouble with alcohol… Part 1: Liver disease
In the first of a two-part series on alcohol, Drs Safa Al-Shamma and Martin Lombard from the Royal Liverpool University Hospital discuss the diagnosis and management of alcoholic liver disease. Read…
Alcohol-related illness in the hospital
Alcohol-related illness is a major problem in Scotland. Currently, its treatment in hospital is under-resourced, and patients are scattered around different departments. Dr Stuart Hislop examines how Scotland’s health service can be adapted and redesigned to improve care for patients with alcohol-related illnesses and minimise the disruption they cause in hospitals. Read…
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