Monthly Archives: April 2011

Protein Okay for Cirrhotics

I was just seeing a patient in liver transplant clinic today with end stage liver disease secondary to fatty liver disease leading to Non Alcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH) and cirrhosis. She was miffed with her primary care physician because he had … Continue reading

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Fatty Liver Disease

The “Metabolic Syndrome”, defined by the International Diabetes Federation as the presence of central obesity (or increased waist circumference) plus any two of the four following conditions: insulin resistance, high blood levels of triglycerides (fat), low levels of HDL (High … Continue reading

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