{"id":224274,"date":"2023-06-09T09:47:22","date_gmt":"2023-06-09T01:47:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=224274"},"modified":"2023-06-09T09:47:22","modified_gmt":"2023-06-09T01:47:22","slug":"growth-in-patient-and-medical-community-engagement-in-nash-community-persists-despite-recent-regulatory-disappointment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=224274","title":{"rendered":"Growth in Patient and Medical Community Engagement in NASH Community Persists Despite Recent Regulatory Disappointment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Washington, D.C., June 9 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) &#8212;<\/strong>\u00a0Today is\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.globenewswire.com\/Tracker?data=VnMcPZ6Vv8JWOOFrPUGXbISpMlfGdY8FJ5W2qR_zu5Mgkw9G2Qxd9-lg5NtmUy4vMDSsVpALpmn0_Ijt3xXHpPd_UCWrAtRbcwyyUgzRtLE0lWR69YUzuusTBoHBGVmA\">International NASH Day<\/a>, a time where healthcare experts and community members around the globe step up and raise awareness of\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.globenewswire.com\/Tracker?data=P6aRq2SELDzoWaP8BdC1XHEQPgYuQTnzl0RS4hiuT5IBrnjN52-peKEXQnIFNFnxRHeII-9AdWxO73s1oGMVT34KYhfvJbN03970iirD_qbyF3OkewxVWYTXKjhbVT6bKR-I0UDrVPvOw7oDW8JZUOCOdUNs0MxWOZQ8dJKL55I=\">the most common liver disease in the world<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) \u2013 and it\u2019s more severe form, nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH).<br>Fatty liver disease is a condition in which excess fat builds up in the liver, which can lead to scarring and cirrhosis (permanent damage that impairs liver function). An estimated\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.globenewswire.com\/Tracker?data=KfXD5fH-tAWO0CPvAI0lJSqcwpKWwAd4Vjp2kw9g2luAAZkmyY_VMjHdHhrdcAyvAgJxoT7HkYFb0wKRd5dJsRMmzLnzZPS_mp3aypqRIx6QyCZUERSKIcS2Il5GqCzE8qCXAw1cQUj4X4eotAiqQjZDWJTujE5Nkj3LTcNVy6AIkRER6HANubQX-oPrVIVB6Vy1VGwboIgqYh-jXeQf6Gfdk7fDjM19VlyTtx-iJ1I=\"><strong>25% of the global population<\/strong><\/a>, or about\u00a0<strong>2 billion people<\/strong>, are affected by NAFLD.\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.globenewswire.com\/Tracker?data=rzYAw1gXUQfFVSJ7-rHrm1FZ9o6xQdlCMdw87nymDS4XR2PFocdpxDadVXbNBx9dvVkf98eN2w8DbdA7HfHwN6K0qtXs4JJ45lWQJZluDXbh3sxFhwxUNwS8hvw_2ZfH\">20% of those<\/a>\u00a0with NAFLD progress to NASH.<br>International NASH Day 2023 is endorsed by 30 medical specialty societies from around the world, and more than 50 global organizations, from research institutions to community organizations to medical centers and more, will be hosting events to inform and educate their communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mrem.bernama.com\/viewsm.php?idm=46307\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"http:\/\/mrem.bernama.com\/viewsm.php?idm=46307\">http:\/\/mrem.bernama.com\/viewsm.php?idm=46307<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington, D.C., June 9 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) &#8212;\u00a0Today is\u00a0International NASH Day, a time where healthcare experts and community members around the globe step up and raise awareness of\u00a0the most common liver disease in the world\u00a0\u2013 nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) \u2013 and it\u2019s more severe form, nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH).Fatty liver disease is a condition in which [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[315],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224274"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=224274"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224274\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":224275,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224274\/revisions\/224275"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=224274"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=224274"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=224274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}