HTN and FLD

The May 2025 article “Prediction of Hypertension Risk in Patients with Fatty Liver Disease Using the Triglyceride-Glucose-Body Mass Index” shows the link between Hypertension (HTN) patients and Fatty Liver Disease (FLD).Key quote: “FLD and HTN...

Avoiding Liver Biopsies

Two words: Biopsy Avoidance. Here’s a summary of the Gastroenterology & Endoscopy News article “In Lieu of Biopsy: A Review of Noninvasive Liver Disease Assessments” (posted August 28, 2025): Overview Purpose: The article reviews noninvasive liver disease...

New MASH Endpoint

The Hepatoscope® from E-Scopics Big news here from 08/27/2025: “FDA accepts proposal for reasonably likely surrogate endpoint for ‘MASH’ all-cause mortality or liver-related events.”The key paragraph:”The proposed biomarker offers a non-invasive...

Diagnosing with FIB-4

Here’s a concise summary of the article titled “FIB-4-based Referral Pathways Have Suboptimal Accuracy to identify Increased Liver Stiffness and Incident Advanced Liver Disease” from July of 2025, as published in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology.The...

HistoSonics on Rise

From August 7, 2025MINNEAPOLIS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–HistoSonics, the developer of the Edison® Histotripsy System and novel histotripsy therapy platform, today announced a management-led majority stake acquisition by a syndicate of globally recognized private...