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Advances in the treatment of autoimmune hepatitis
Autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) is a chronic, progressive liver disease caused by immune system dysregulation that targets the liver. If untreated, AIH can lead to severe complications, including cirrhosis and liver failure.
An overview of AIH and treatment approaches was recently published in the Journal of Clinical and Translational Hepatology.
Read ArticleEULAR Review of Lifestyle Improvements for Rheumatic Patients
A EULAR taskforce has evaluated the effect of lifestyle behaviors in rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (RMDs) and concluded that there is moderate evidence for a small benefit for certain dietary components, but overall, high-level evidence regarding dietary exposures on outcomes in RMDs is lacking.
Read ArticleWeight Loss Drugs and the Loss of Skeletal Muscle Mass
A recent commentary published in The Lancet journal highlights the critical importance of skeletal muscle mass in the context of medically induced weight loss, particularly with the widespread use of GLP-1 receptor agonists.
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A Keto Diet for Autoimmune Disorders?
Scientists have long suspected the keto diet might be able to calm an overactive immune system and help some people with diseases like multiple sclerosis.
Now, they have reason to believe it could be true.
Scientists at UC San Francisco have discovered that the diet makes the gut and its microbes produce two factors that attenuated symptoms of MS in mice.
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