Fatty Liver Disease WisdomCard™
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Research Notes on Fatty Liver Disease
Fatty liver disease (also known as steatorrhoeic hepatosis or steatosis hepatitis) is an abnormal accumulation of certain fats (triglycerides) inside liver cells. Drinking alcohol and obesity are two reasons for fatty liver disease.
Fast Facts:
- People with fatty liver disease may have mild abdominal discomfort or feel tired, but otherwise have no symptoms.
- A liver biopsy may be needed to confirm the diagnosis and provide information for treatment.
- Eliminating alcohol is one of the first steps that is taken for treating fatty liver.
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Latest Headlines on Fatty Liver Disease
What is Fatty Liver Disease?
- LiverDoctor.com: Fatty Liver - What is it?
- Jackson Siegelbaum Gastroenterology: What is Fatty Liver?
- American College of Gastroenterology: What is Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) / Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH)?
- American Academy of Family Physicians: What is Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD)?
- Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center: Fatty Liver - What is it?
What Are The Symptoms of Fatty Liver Disease?
- HealthAtoZ: Causes and Symptoms of Fatty Liver
- YourTotalHealth: Signs and Symptoms of Fatty Liver
- A.D.A.M. (via HealthCentral): Symptoms of Fatty Liver
- HealthAtoZ: Causes and Symptoms of Fatty Liver
- Mayo Clinic (via Riverside Online): Signs and Symptoms of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
- University of California, San Francisco: Signs and Symptoms of Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
What Are The Causes and Complications of Fatty Liver Disease?
- WrongDiagnosis: Causes of Fatty Liver
- Healthlink: Many Causes of Fatty Liver
- Wikipedia: Causes of Fatty Liver | Complications of Fatty Liver
- California Pacific Medical Center: What Causes Fatty Liver?
- MayoClinic: Causes of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease | Complications of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
What Are The Treatments and Medications for Fatty Liver Disease?
- eMedicine: Treatment for Fatty Liver | Medication for Fatty Liver
- Medscape: Treatment of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver: Present and Emerging Therapies
- University of California, San Francisco: Treatment for Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
- Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center: Fatty Liver - What is the Treatment?
- Actos Fatty Liver Treatment: Actos Shows Promising Results in the Treatment of Fatty Liver Disease
What Are The Holistic and Alternative Treatments for Fatty Liver Disease?
- LiverSupport.com: Fatty Liver Disease Remedies
- MayoClinic: Complementary and Alternative Medicine For Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
- HomeRemedies: Fatty Liver Natural Treatment: How to Help a Fatty Liver
What Are The Types, Diagnosis and Survival Rates of Fatty Liver Disease?
- California Pacific Medical Center: What are the Types of Fatty Liver?
- eMedicine: Differentials of Fatty Liver
- University of California, San Francisco: Diagnosis of Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
- Merck: Prognosis and Treatment for Fatty Liver
- Emergency Medicine: What is the Overall Prognosis for Patients with NAFLD?
How Do You Prevent Fatty Liver Disease?
- LiverSupport.com: How to Prevent a Fatty Liver
- MayoClinic: Prevention for Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
Wisdom, Blogs, and Message Boards about Fatty Liver Disease
- Children's Hospital Boston: Quick-Burning Carbs May Cause Fatty Liver (September 20, 2007)
- Medscape: Approach to the Patient With Evidence of Fatty Liver on Ultrasound (July 7, 2007)
- RevolutionHealth Blog: Do You Have a Fatty Liver?
- Med Nauseum Blog: Fatty Liver: More Evidence That Carbs are the Cause
- Alli: Fatty Liver Disease Message Board
- WebMD: Fatty Liver Message Board
Foundations and Support Groups on Fatty Liver Disease
- American Liver Foundation: Fatty Liver
- National Liver Foundation: Fatty Liver (NASH)
- MD Junction: Fatty Liver Disease Online Support Group
- DailyStrength: Fatty Liver Disease Support Group
Scientific and Medical Journal Articles on Fatty Liver Disease
- PubMed Central: Medical Journal Articles on Fatty Liver
- JAMA: Medical Journal Articles on Fatty Liver
- Google Scholar: Medical Articles on Fatty Liver
Clinical Trials on Fatty Liver Disease
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Clinical Trials on Fatty Liver
- CenterWatch: Clinical Trials on Fatty Liver
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- Contributor: Kathy
- Reviewer: Tara Salamone
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Last update: Oct. 15, 2009
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Meet our contributors and reviewers
- Contributor: Kathy
- Reviewer: Tara Salamone
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Redirects: Steatorrhoeic Hepatosis, Steatosis Hepatitis, Fatty livers, Steatohepatitis, FLD, Fatty Liver
- Last update: Oct. 23, 2008
Each WisdomCard is handcrafted by our team of physician-guided health advocates. Our goal is to make it easy for you to find the most useful health resources for any health topic by filtering out spam and bad links.
