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Oct 20, 2025 October is Liver Cancer Awareness Month

Liver Cancer Is on the Rise — Do You Know the Risks? Since 1980, cases of liver cancer have tripled, and the death rate has more than doubled during that time. There are two main forms of primary liver cancer in adults. “Primary” means the cancer starts in ...

Sep 8, 2025 Liver Dialysis: An Overview

What is liver dialysis? When your liver no longer functions properly, toxins such as bile and fatty acids build up because your failing liver can no longer clear them. Liver dialysis is a detoxifying treatment used for liver failure. Sometimes this ...

Jul 28, 2025 World Hepatitis Day 2025

July 28 is World Hepatitis Day when communities, doctors, nurses, researchers, and governments raise awareness of viral hepatitis a liver inflammation that can lead to chronic liver disease, cirrhosis and liver cancer. For 2025, the focus is on breaking ...

Jun 18, 2025 Understanding Transplant Waitlists

When you or a loved one is facing organ failure, it can be hard to understand how the organ transplant waitlist works. Let’s take a look at how the waitlist operates and answer common questions about the transplant waitlist. Most people incorrectly assume ...

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 ...