A new global report suggests we need to take liver health more seriously.
About two decades ago, Maria Rita Lepe-Suastegui, MD, was just starting out as a gastroenterologist. Back then, most of her patients with serious liver disease were in their 70s or 80s. But that’s no ...
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A routine MRI exposed a silent build-up of fat in David Cox’s organs, prompting a strict dietary reset guided by experts ...
Scientists have discovered that combining two existing drugs can dramatically reduce liver fat linked to a common and often silent disease. The treatment not only improved liver health in animal ...
A newly identified population of dysfunctional immune cells may play a central role in both aging and chronic disease.
Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD), formally called nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), is a chronic condition that can lead to liver inflammation, damage, and ...
More than 30% of people worldwide have metabolic dysfunction–associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD; formerly nonalcoholic fatty liver disease), including 65% of those with type 2 diabetes (T2D) ...
Fatty liver disease is no longer limited to people who drink alcohol or appear unhealthy. Many individuals with normal weight ...
What Is Fatty Liver Stigma? A stigma is a negative belief about someone or something. Stigma is often related to something that makes people uncomfortable, such as poverty, or certain illnesses like ...
Fatty liver disease typically presents the same in both females and males. However, research has found that the risk for females rises significantly after menopause. Though fatty liver disease is much ...