MUSC researchers are tackling MASH, or metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis, a liver disease affecting hundreds ...

This disruption has wide-ranging effects. When SIRT1 is suppressed, the liver shifts toward storing fat instead of burning it ...

A review included more than 600,000 people to highlight that what we eat—not just what we drink—impacts liver health.

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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) ...

Nearly two billion people could have fatty liver disease by 2050, marking a silent global health crisis linked to rising metabolic risks.

For decades, scientists have known that estrogen protects cardiovascular health, but exactly how that protection works—and ...

Rebooting the gut microbiome with bacteria from youth may help stop aging-related liver damage and even prevent liver cancer, ...

What Is Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatohepatitis? Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis, or MASH, is a form of liver disease. MASH occurs when fat accumulates in liver cells. Plenty ...

Your liver is one of the most patient organs in your body, quietly handling hundreds of essential functions while rarely complaining about the abuse you put it through. But this stoic nature works ...

MASLD and Liver Cancer: What’s the Link? Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) is a condition where too much fat builds up in your liver. Unlike fatty liver caused by heavy ...

Rebecca Kim, MD, assistant professor in the division of gastroenterology at the University of Utah School of Medicine in Salt Lake City, received a K23 career development grant to study how social ...