Stress management skills are a big part of my healthcare plan
To me, modern life equals stress. Like everyone else, I’m not immune to the effects of stress on my life. However, as a single mother…
Fatty liver disease
Lanifibranor reduces abnormalities in liver blood vessel cells: Study
Six months of treatment with lanifibranor, Inventiva’s experimental therapy, reduced abnormalities in liver sinusoidal endothelial cells (LSECs) in people with metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH),…
Eating healthy over the summer is vital with liver disease
Vacation is all most of us ever want after slogging through spring’s yearning and the early promise of a great summer. We fly to foreign…
Pemvidutide shows benefit for MASH in Phase 2b clinical trial
Pemvidutide resolved metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH), a severe form of fatty liver disease, without worsening liver scarring (fibrosis) for more than half of people…
Taking your liver to work: Managing MASH on the job
As I sat down to write this week’s column, my imagination flipped on its silly switch. I couldn’t help but picture a sick cartoon liver…
EMA committee supports Rezdiffra’s OK for fatty liver disease MASH
A committee of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has granted a positive opinion to Rezdiffra (resmetirom) to treat some people with metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH),…
Why you should regularly review your list of medications
When I started getting sicker from metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH), doctors prescribed several medications to manage my symptoms and, hopefully, prevent further damage.
Diabetes drug dapagliflozin shows benefits for MASH in Phase 3 trial
Daily treatment with the diabetes medication dapagliflozin eased disease severity for people with metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH), a severe form of fatty liver disease,…
How my knees and liver taught me to heal my whole body
Last week marked one of the two times each year when I see most of my doctors to check on my ailing liver. I call…
Scientists call for more efforts to diagnose liver disease MASH
An international team of scientists called for more efforts to diagnose metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH), a severe form of fatty liver disease, arguing that…
