New research calls for routine risk stratification of MASLD in people with obesity to detect and manage liver disease earlier ...

Elizabeth Cooney is a cardiovascular disease reporter at STAT, covering heart, stroke, and metabolic conditions. You can reach Liz on Signal at LizC.22. Right now, patients with obesity and cirrhosis ...

Fatty liver disease linked to diabetes and obesity can easily progress to liver cirrhosis, but new research suggests that GLP-1 medicines like Ozempic can help stop that. In a new decades-long study, ...

Chronic liver disease gets worse when the liver's immune system stays overactive, resulting in ongoing inflammation and ...

A new UK trial will screen thousands of high-risk adults for early liver disease in primary care, aiming to improve diagnosis ...

Liver damage often develops silently but can become life-threatening if ignored. Early signs include fatigue, nausea, itching ...

Taking daily aspirin may prevent progression of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) to liver fibrosis and nonalcoholic steatopepatitis (NASH), according to a study published online May 8 in ...

Learn how weight loss, diet changes and regular exercise can help manage — and sometimes reverse — fatty liver disease when ...

According to a 2025 cross-sectional study, age-adjusted mortality rates for alcohol-associated liver disease doubled from 6.71 to 12.53 deaths per 100,000 people from 1999 to 2022. This article ...