How Liver Disease Can Become Liver Cancer

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 injury starts the process Common causes: Fatty liver disease (MASLD /...

PBC Medications

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– 🧠 Summary 1) Context: why this matters Primary...

Binge Drinking and Liver Damage

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 (binge episodes) can significantly increase liver damage...

Living Donor Need in Liver

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 provoking. Study Overview This study examines whether living...