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Diabetes and obesity can damage the liver to the point of failure – but few people know their risk of developing liver disease

  • Written by Madona Azar, Associate Professor of Medicine, UMass Chan Medical School
Diabetes and obesity can damage the liver to the point of failure – but few people know their risk of developing liver diseaseInsulin resistance links MASLD to several other metabolic diseases.Kateryna Kon/Science Photo Library via Getty Images

Liver disease is frighteningly common worldwide.

Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease, or MASLD, is an umbrella term describing conditions related to a buildup of fat in the liver. Formerly known as nonalcoholic...

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