How to Use fatty liver in a Sentence

fatty liver

noun
  • My blood pressure back to healthy levels, no more random bouts of falling over and no sign of fatty liver disease!
    Philip Ellis, Men's Health, 20 Mar. 2022
  • The resulting fatty livers connoisseurs say are as silken and rich as butter bring in $15 million a year — about a third going to New York City.
    Washington Post, 31 Oct. 2019
  • Ninety percent of people who have four drinks a day show signs of alcoholic fatty liver.
    Dana G. Smith, New York Times, 13 Jan. 2023
  • Two months later, a British coroner determined the singer died of natural causes due to heart disease and a fatty liver.
    Sara M Moniuszko, USA TODAY, 27 Dec. 2019
  • What is nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and what are the symptoms?
    Nada Hassanein, USA TODAY, 26 Feb. 2023
  • Dietary trends that started in the late 1980s may help explain the increases in fatty liver disease in all populations, Bansal said.
    Linda Carroll, NBC News, 16 June 2023
  • Bruehl no longer needed metformin for her diabetes and her fatty liver resolved.
    Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY, 4 June 2022
  • That database played a role in the discovery of mutations that can protect against obesity and fatty liver disease.
    Joseph Goldstein, New York Times, 12 Aug. 2022
  • Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease is a condition that causes fat to deposit in the liver.
    Serena Gordon, chicagotribune.com, 22 Mar. 2018
  • There's no medication approved to treat it, but fatty liver disease can be reversed.
    Linda Carroll, NBC News, 16 June 2023
  • Farmers who produce foie gras – meaning fatty liver in French – say the birds are treated humanely and don’t suffer during the fattening process.
    USA TODAY, 31 Oct. 2019
  • Farmers who produce foie gras — meaning fatty liver in French — say the birds are treated humanely and don’t suffer during the fattening process.
    Washington Post, 31 Oct. 2019
  • The gene also affects non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, which does much the same damage as the alcoholic variety.
    Matt Hrodey, Discover Magazine, 29 Mar. 2023
  • Key Takeaways Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease affects up to 10% of children in the United States.
    Lauren Manaker Ms, Rdn, Ld, Verywell Health, 17 June 2023
  • And with fat, may have come fatty liver disease and a predisposition to liver scarring and cirrhosis.
    Matt Hrodey, Discover Magazine, 29 Mar. 2023
  • Diagnosed with fatty liver disease in June 2019 a worried Bruehl began skipping breakfast – except for coffee – to cut down on calories and lost a little weight.
    Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY, 4 June 2022
  • For example, there are conditions that affect the ability of fat cells to store fat, leading the fat to go elsewhere in the body and causing issues such as fatty liver disease or heart disease, Semenkovich said.
    Elaine Chen, STAT, 16 Feb. 2023
  • Some experts think nearly a quarter of adults in the United States have nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, which is characterized by fat buildup in the liver and is not caused by heavy alcohol use.
    Isabella Cueto, STAT, 7 Apr. 2023
  • Nuts contain healthy fats and antioxidants, and they have been associated with a lower prevalence of fatty liver disease in men.
    Men's Health, 27 Apr. 2023
  • Eggs are also a very good source of choline, an essential nutrient that protects against cognitive impairment and fatty liver.
    WSJ, 13 Sep. 2018
  • In March 2017, the coroner revealed that the singer died of natural causes and suffered a dilated cardiomyopathy with myocarditis and fatty liver.
    Maria Pasquini, PEOPLE.com, 27 Dec. 2019
  • Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease—characterized by a build-up of fat in the liver—affects about a quarter of the world’s population.
    Claire Bugos, Verywell Health, 11 June 2024
  • Shortly after their wedding in 2008, Juan’s health began to deteriorate and he was diagnosed with a fatty liver.
    Dallas News, 3 Aug. 2020
  • According to research published this year in the journal Scientific Reports, rats that were given very low doses of glyphosate each day began to show signs of fatty liver disease after three months.
    Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 26 July 2017
  • But the liver tissue is also vulnerable and can be damaged and destroyed by many diseases, such as hepatitis or fatty liver disease.
    Mo Ebrahimkhani, The Conversation, 7 Dec. 2020
  • In the long term, though, excessive use of alcohol can lead to a lot of serious diseases, such as fatty liver disease, high blood pressure, and stroke, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
    Cori Ritchey, Men's Health, 27 Feb. 2023
  • Her weight dropped, muscle mass increased, and fatty liver percentage plummeted from 21 percent to 7 percent.
    Ariana Eunjung Cha, Anchorage Daily News, 26 Mar. 2023
  • There’s a simple way to double or even triple your company’s stock price overnight: announce positive results from a clinical trial involving a drug to treat the fatty liver disease known as NASH.
    Adam Feuerstein, STAT, 12 June 2018
  • Cirrhosis is a late-stage scarring of the liver caused by many forms of liver diseases and conditions, like hepatitis, fatty liver disease, and chronic alcoholism, the Mayo Clinic says.
    Korin Miller, SELF, 27 July 2018
  • But could the excessive alcohol the bacteria was making actually give rise to fatty liver?
    Bill Sullivan, Discover Magazine, 4 May 2024

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