View Abstract - Association of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease With Lower Brain Volume in Healthy Middle-Aged Adults in the Framingham Study
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Fatty liver linked to a shrinking brain
Fatty liver linked to a shrinking brain
By Will Boggs MD
Last Updated: 2017-11-23
Last Updated: 2017-11-23
"Liver fat may have a direct association with brain aging," lead author Galit Weinstein from School of Public Health at the University of Haifa in Israel said in an email.
Reuters Health - Fatty liver disease that is not related to excess drinking is associated with greater brain shrinkage than normally happens with age, researchers say.
The reduced brain volume linked to non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is equivalent to an extra 4.2 years of aging for people in their 60s and early 70s, or an extra 7.3 years of aging for people under age 60, researchers report in JAMA Neurology November 20.
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The reduced brain volume linked to non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is equivalent to an extra 4.2 years of aging for people in their 60s and early 70s, or an extra 7.3 years of aging for people under age 60, researchers report in JAMA Neurology November 20.
Continue to article - http://www.chronicliverdisease.org/reuters/article.cfm?article=20171123Other146544152
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