Alcohol abuse is the seventh leading risk factor for death and disability-adjusted lifeyears
globally and the first cause of death among people between 15 to 49 years of age. 1 …

Alcoholic liver disease (ALD) is a leading cause of cirrhosis, liver cancer, and acute and
chronic liver failure and as such causes significant morbidity and mortality. While alcohol …

Excessive alcohol consumption is a global healthcare problem with enormous social,
economic, and clinical consequences. While chronic, heavy alcohol consumption causes …

Background Alcoholic liver disease has a known aetiology but a complex and incompletely
known pathogenesis. It is an extremely common disease with significant morbidity and …

Liver disease from excessive alcohol consumption is an important cause of morbidity and
mortality worldwide. Fermented beverages were first made in the Neolithic era (10,000 BC) …

The overall landscape of clinical hepatology has markedly evolved in the last few years.
Recent major advances in the management of viral hepatitis B and C with highly effective …

The spectrum of alcoholic liver disease (ALD) is broad and includes alcoholic fatty liver,
alcoholic steatohepatitis, alcoholic hepatitis, alcoholic fibrosis, alcoholic cirrhosis, and …

A joint meeting of the European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL) and the
American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) was held in London on …

A joint meeting of the European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL) and the
American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) was held in London on …

The concept that alcoholic liver disease (ALD) is as a toxic disease does not mirror the exact
nature of the disease. ALD should be defined as an alcohol-associated lifestyle disease, the …