GENEVA, Switzerland Last week, ClarivateTM Analytics released the 2019 update of its Journal Citation Reports©, including the much anticipated 2018 impact factor. EASL’s flagship monthly journal, the Journal of Hepatology achieved unprecedented results with a 2018 impact factor of 18.946, up from…
The public health community is greatly disappointed about the SpiritsEurope approach to label their products. In our view, the European spirits industry refrains from informing consumers at the point of sale in an easy and accessible manner. Instead of following the EU Regulation 1169/2011 on the…
Scientific progress is constantly reshaping clinical practice. Therefore, it is crucial that medical professionals continuously adapt to novel and better approaches for patient management. A hugely important part of a doctor’s development follows qualification and is provided by continuing medica…
The European Chronic Disease Alliance (ECDA), the European Public Health Alliance (EPHA) and the NCD Alliance publish a new joint paper “Towards an EU-Strategic Framework for the prevention of Non-communicable Diseases” concluding that a new EU-level strategic framework to prevent non-communicabl…
BioMed Alliance Members have produced a cartoon highlighting the importance of high-quality and unbiased continuing medical education for medical professionals. Medical professionals participate in continuing education to keep their knowledge up to date and to be able to provide the best standard…
The General Assembly of the European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL) has elected new members to its Governing Board, various committees and a new Editor-In-Chief for its Journal of Hepatology. 12 April 2019 – Vienna, Austria The European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL)…
New research, presented at the International Liver Congress™, warns that high levels of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease among young people is signalling a public health crisis. Excerpt from The Guardian Study finds substantial numbers of young people at risk of liver cancer, diabetes and heart …
The latest journal from EASL, JHEP Reports is fully open access.Our goal is to become an essential channel for innovation in hepatology by publishing outstanding basic, translational and clinical studies.
It is estimated that 2 billion people are infected with hepatitis B virus (HBV) globally, with 686,000 people dying from complications of the disease each year.
Hepatic encephalopathy (HE) is a frequent complication in patients with chronic liver disease. HE is a complication of cirrhosis that is associated with psychomotor slowing and an increased risk of accidents at home, at work, or while driving a car. Dr Formentin and colleagues aimed to evaluate t…
