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NAFLD is now called MASLD
Commentary published in Medscape (Oct 2023).
NAFLD has been renamed by recent international consensus to increase awareness of the condition and improve patient identification. Equally important is that the renaming is intended to reduce the stigma associated with the diagnosis. NAFLD is now called metabolic dysfunction–associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD). Full Article here.
NAFLD - Sounding the alarm on a silent epidemic
Commentary published in Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology 17, pages 377–379 (2020).
A call for the global health community to collaboratively shape and deliver a comprehensive, long-term public health agenda for non alcoholic fatty liver diseases (NAFLD). A global multidisciplinary coalition is needed to guide our response to this increasingly prevalent, yet under-addressed disease. Full Article here.
Fatty liver: The devil with many faces
The following text is copied as it is from a story published in The times of India on July 18, 2021.
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease ( NAFLD) is presently the most prevalent cause of liver disease in the world. Prevalence of the disease is estimated to be around 9-32% in the Indian population, with a higher incidence rate amongst obese and diabetic patients. With India being the diabetic capital of the world, the prevalence is likely to increase further in years to come. Full story here.
Sci-Hub: Stealing Intellectual Property or Ensuring Fairer Access?
By Ted Lockhart , article originally published in siam news
For anyone who wants to read or download an article in a scientific journal, Sci-Hub is one-stop shopping. During the past five years, thousands of scientists, students, and others have used the internet search engine and repository of scientific journal articles, which currently stores approximately 50 million articles in its online database and is capable of locating and accessing virtually any article that exists online. more onsiam-news