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May 31, 2025 Fatty liver disease gets a new name

This month marks two years since it was announced that fatty liver disease and its subcategories were getting updated nomenclature (names). Let's take a quick look at the revised names so that as you see them appear more frequently online and in articles ...

May 6, 2025 Understanding MELD Scores: for Liver Transplant

What They Are and Why They Matter The MELD score plays an important role in determining who gets a liver transplant and when. It helps ensure that the sickest patients, those at the highest risk of death without a transplant, are prioritized. MELD stands ...

Jan 14, 2025 Rezdiffra: An FDA Approved Treatment for NASH

Note: NASH is now known as MASH (Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis) Earlier this year, big news in the treatment of MASH was announced and The Liver Institute at Methodist Dallas and the Clinical Research Institute at Methodist Dallas ...

Jan 8, 2025 Bridging the Knowledge Gap: A Symposium on MASLD

The Liver Institute recently hosted an informative symposium to address the growing concern of Metabolic Associated Steatotic Liver Disease (MASLD), formerly known as NAFLD/NASH. By bringing together healthcare providers from across the DFW area and ...

Jan 1, 2025 Dry January: A Liver Doctor's Guide

Jul 28, 2024 Hepatitis Basics for World Hepatitis Day

July 28th is World Hepatitis Day and in an effort to do our part in increasing awareness and spreading education on hepatitis, we want to share some basic information about the world’s most common type of liver infection - hepatitis. What is hepatitis? ...

Jun 13, 2024 What is Global Fatty Liver Day?

Global Fatty Liver Day, previously known as International NASH Day, was launched in June 2018 to raise awareness and understanding of fatty liver disease (FLD). This push for education stems largely from the fact that FLD is often a ‘silent’ disease, ...

Nov 20, 2023 Liver Transplant Recipient Thankful for Life Saving Care and Organ Donation

This Thanksgiving when liver transplant recipient, Joe Gammon, reflects on the many things he is thankful for, the gift of life and the team that made it possible will undoubtedly be on his mind. It’s been just over a year since, 56 year-old North Texan, ...