Sugary Drinks and Liver Fat

🧠 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 drinks increase liver fat 1) Fructose is processed...

Helio Genomics and Quest Diagnostics

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 Access to HelioLiver™, an AI-Powered, Blood-Based...

Cardiometabolic Risk Factors and Liver Fibrosis

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. 🔬 What the study found Based on a large U.S. dataset (~6,000...

New Models in Alcohol-Associated Liver Disease

Her’s asummary of the article published online February 25, 2026 in Gastroenterology –“New Model Performs Well for Detecting Alcohol-Associated Liver Disease” A new predictive model (called the MetALD-ALD Prediction Index, or MAPI) was developed to help...

Transplants that Can’t Happen

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 to this gap.Identifying liver disease in earlier stages will help address...