Everything you need to know about complementary and alternative medicine and the liver Massive review from TheLiverDoc in Hepatology Communications Open access journals.lww.com/hepcomm/fullte… #livertwitter

#UCLAGI 💙 getting together with our alumni, faculty, fellows, researchers and collaborators each year at the Digestive Disease Week! Thank you to everyone who joined us at the National Museum of Women in the Arts (Women in the Arts (NMWA)). So fun to catch up at #DDW2024!

Takeru Kobayashi, competitive eating legend, retires: 'I want to repair my brain and gut' check out more on Netflix “hack your health” where I explain to him why he no longer feels hungry “Your brain still thinks you’re in competition, in a state of eating highly processed

Wooo!!! Congratulations Lizzie Aby, MD!! 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼

Open for submissions: Sex differences in the Modulation of the Brain-Gut-Microbiota Axis Frontiers - Neuroscience frontiersin.org/researchtopic/…

Thank you to CMGH for giving us this opportunity to provide this updated review about the BGM axis.

Can we assess liver fibrosis and predict outcomes just using blood-based tests? These two papers show that FIB-4 plus ELF accurately assess fibrosis and predict decompensation and mortality. t.ly/T9-p8 t.ly/5nlgu #livertwitter

Science is still ignoring women's health. UCLA Health is the only institution awarded 2 of 12 NIH grants to study #sexdifferences. Dr. Karen Reue (UCLA Human Genetics) & Lin Chang (#UCLAGI) discuss their research & the highly competitive SCORE grants. uclahealth.org/news/article/s…

Thank you NPR for featuring our resilience study from UCLA on the biological brain gut microbiome markers lnkd.in/exxQXHcx "Scientists are trying to decode how the trillions of microorganisms in our gut talk with the brain and shape our resilience to stress. A new study

Here we go! The ‘UCLA Comprehensive Liver Research Center’ webpage UCLA Gastroenterology and Hepatology Department of Medicine at UCLA Health! Congratulations all: Vatche G. Agopian /Steven Han/ Jihane Benhammou /Jake Lusis/Andrea Hevener Arpan Patel, MD PhD (he/him/his) Anne Walling Claudio Villanueva Ph.D. /Karen Reue, Rajat Singh MD MBBS and all of 65+ members!

Your Gut Bacteria May Affect How Well You Cope With Stress msn.com/en-us/health/o…

Are people with MASLD aware of what is going on in their liver? Probably not Awareness <10% ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…

Registration open! UCLA Health faculty discuss prevalent liver diseases & their complications using a multi-disciplinary approach w/hepatologists, radiologists, addiction medicine & surgeons. #livertwitter 🔹CME 🔹Hybrid 👉 Registration & agenda ucla.cloud-cme.com/course/courseo…

🌟Dr. Lia Farahi (LIA FARAHI), UCLA Division of Cardiology, named Goodman-Luskin #Microbiome Center inaugural fellow! 🔹Role of gut bacteria-derived indole propionic acid in protecting against abdominal aortic aneurysm 🔹Mentor: Aldons J. Lusis, PhD 👉uclahealth.org/departments/me…

Drumroll....the 1st #LCN publication AJG - The American Journal of Gastroenterology Important ?? 🔑What is #cirrhosis? 🔑Define endpoints 🔑What is recompensation? Elliot Tapper Dr. Bobby Brown Norah Terrault Vijay Shah NIAAA News National Cancer Institute ACG Read journals.lww.com/ajg/abstract/9… More lcnstudy.org

Hey #GItwitter, this case demonstrates some important points during EGD: 1. Don't rush! Take a few more seconds passing GEJ and retroflexion as GEJ lesions can be easily missed. 2. Make sure to insufflate the stomach adequately to be able to thoroughly examine the GEJ

Congratulations to Carrie Wong (Carrie Wong, MD PhD) on your most recent publication out in Gastro Hep Advances today! Excited for you! UCLA Gastroenterology and Hepatology UCLA Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Equity "Prevalence of Healthcare Barriers among US Adults with Chronic Liver Disease Compared to Other Chronic Diseases"

📢AGA Gastro/CGH DEI Section📢 Most recent pub: "The Importance of Global Health Training in US-Based Gastroenterology and Hepatology Fellowship Programs" 👉🏾cghjournal.org/action/showPdf… 🙏🏾 Akwi Asombang MD MPH Mouhand Mohamed, MD, MSc stellamaris chinma Mimi Omede Nkengeh N. Tazinkeng (Davy), MD #AwabAliIbrahim

Mirror mirror on the wall Which of these risk scores is fairest of all LiverRisk SAFE APRI FIB-4 Three databases. One study. In Hepatology Communications journals.lww.com/hepcomm/fullte…

How to combine FIB-4 and Elastography to screen for liver fibrosis ? Which algorithms are proposed by the main liver/GI societies ? I find this summarizing figure very useful. t.ly/V6cvF