Tuesday, May 2, 2017

Stool microbes predict advanced liver disease

Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) – a condition that can lead to liver cirrhosis and cancer – isn’t typically detected until well advanced. Even then, diagnosis requires a biopsy. To more easily detect NAFLD, researchers report that the microbial makeup of a patient’s stool – gut microbiome – can be used to predict advanced NAFLD with 88 to 94 percent accuracy.



from Top Health News – ScienceDaily http://bit.ly/2pG0nEC
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