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Most liver disease is preventable. April 19, 2026 is World Liver Day. From the site https://worldliverday.org/ — Solid Habits, Strong Liver. Your liver is a powerhouse:  it filters blood, breaks… Read more: World Liver Day

Lisa Norris is the Managing Director & Principal at Transplant Leadership Institute LLC, and a veteran Transplant Services Director. This is her superb book relating to the $11 billion in… Read more: Transplant Administration Explained

Liver disease can turn into liver cancer through a gradual, multi-step process driven by chronic damage, inflammation, and cell mutation. Here’s the clearest way to understand it: 1. Chronic liver… Read more: How Liver Disease Can Become Liver Cancer

The JAMA Network Open article of 01/26/2026 titled “Mobile Telemedicine for Treating Chronic Hepatitis C Among Rural People Who Inject Drugs” is revelatory– 🧠 Study Overview 🔑 Key Findings 💡… Read more: Mobile Telemedicine for Treating Hepatitis

The article “8 takeaways about MASH, an increasingly common liver disease associated with obesity” from Managed Care Executive dated April 7, 2026, has a cogent analysis on MASLD/MASH. Summarized– 8… Read more: MASH Explainer

Here we summarize “Association between metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease and obstructive sleep apnea: a nationwide retrospective cohort study” from Scientific Reports (Nature Portfolio), March 2026. 🎯 Objective The study… Read more: OSA and Liver Disease

There’s an important article titled “Par for the course? Comparative effectiveness of PPAR agonists in PBC” from April 2026 in Hepatology by Robert M. Wilechansky, and it’s summarized below– 🧠… Read more: PBC Medications

Here’s a summary on this April 2, 2026 article from USC Keck – “Occasional Heavy Drinking May Triple the Risk of Liver Damage.” 🧠 Key takeaway Even occasional heavy drinking… Read more: Binge Drinking and Liver Damage

This article is worth reading, from JAMA Internal Medicine dated March23, 2026: “Health Benefits, Costs, and Cost-Effectiveness of Jail-Based Hepatitis C Elimination Strategies“. 🎯 Objective The study evaluated whether screening,… Read more: HCV and Incarcerated People

US Healthcare is changing. Fast. There’s supernormal change– perhaps transformation, even, as four factors collide. From the March 10, 2026 in The Economist: A new wave of disrupters takes on… Read more: New Wave of Disruptors

The March 2026 journal article titled “Increasing Transplant Access for Low MELD Patients in the United States: Do We Still Need to Increase Adult Living Donor Liver Transplantation?” is thought… Read more: Living Donor Need in Liver

Major Headline from March 10, 2026: Johns Hopkins leads $24M multinational consortium to find hepatitis B cure With NIH funding, the group will pursue research and patient care approaches for… Read more: Consortium to Find Hepatitis B cure

🧠 Key takeaway Sugary drinks—especially those high in fructose—promote fat buildup in the liver (hepatic steatosis) through multiple metabolic pathways, increasing the risk of fatty liver disease. ⚙️ How sugary… Read more: Sugary Drinks and Liver Fat

Helio Genomics is a LiverRight partner and had big news on March 18, 2026: Helio Genomics to Make HelioLiver™ Cancer Test Accessible to Quest Diagnostics’ Providers “Quest’s Infrastructure to Enable… Read more: Helio Genomics and Quest Diagnostics

The article “Cardiometabolic Risk Factors Increase Likelihood of Liver Fibrosis More in Women Than Men” from March 16, 2026, is revealing. It’s from a study published in JAMA Network Open. 🔬… Read more: Cardiometabolic Risk Factors and Liver Fibrosis

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Her’s asummary of the article published online February 25, 2026 in Gastroenterology —“New Model Performs Well for Detecting Alcohol-Associated Liver Disease” Bottom line:The study introduces a simple, scalable screening model using… Read more: New Models in Alcohol-Associated Liver Disease

The shortage of livers for transplant in the U.S. happens mainly because demand is far greater than the supply of usable donor organs. Several medical, social, and logistical factors contribute… Read more: Transplants that Can’t Happen

From 02/23/2026, an article that highlights the overlap between kidney stones and MASLD: “Association between metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease and kidney stone risk in individuals with metabolic dysfunction: evidence… Read more: MASLD and Kidney Stone Risk

Consider “Association of food insecurity with MASLD prevalence and liver-related mortality” from the Journal of Hepatology, 2025. The Net Net The study shows that food insecurity is strongly linked to… Read more: Food Insecurity and Liver Disease

A summary of the Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology article with DOI S1542-3565(24)00989-3, titled Food Swamps and Food Deserts Impact on Metabolic Dysfunction–Associated Steatotic Liver Disease (MASLD) follows. It speaks to… Read more: SDOH in Liver Disease

Liver Cancer, like every cancer, is more treatable if diagnosed early. But it’s not easy, because it typically remains asymptomatic in the early stages. LiverRight providers diagnose Liver Cancer in… Read more: Find Out Soonest: Liver Cancer

1️⃣ The Governing Structure: ABIM In the U.S., specialty certification is governed by: American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM)Under the umbrella of the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) Hepatology… Read more: The Hepatology Certification

Here are the top 10 liver-related events (LREs) commonly used in clinical research and outcome studies of chronic liver disease. “LREs” refer to major clinical complications and outcomes that indicate… Read more: Liver-Related Events

Salix sponsors www.understandinghe.com, which has good information. First– what is HE? UnderstandingHE.com is an online educational platform dedicated to helping patients, caregivers, and healthcare professionals learn about Hepatic Encephalopathy (HE)… Read more: Website Understandinghe.com

Here’s a summary of the Liver Disease News column “What to expect from a liver transplant evaluation” (by Kathryn Hudson, February 19, 2026). LiverRight providers manage adult liver disease patients… Read more: Road to a Liver Transplant

Comparison between traditional hepatobiliary surgery for HCC and HistoSonics’ Edison (histotripsy). 1) What “traditional hepatobiliary surgery for HCC” usually means A. Curative-intent surgery B. Common “surgery-adjacent” hepatobiliary proceduresThese aren’t surgery… Read more: Liver Cancer Surgery Explained