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2026
April
02,
2026
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04:30 AM
America/Los_Angeles
LOS ANGELES — People may assume that if they drink lightly during the week or month, heavy drinking on the occasional Friday or Saturday may not cause their liver harm. New research suggests …
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2025
October
23,
2025
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04:30 AM
America/Los_Angeles
LOS ANGELES — Liver disease is usually caused by one of three factors: alcohol consumption, fat buildup in the liver linked to obesity, diabetes and high cholesterol, or hepatitis B and C.Now, a new study published in Liver International from Keck …
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September
18,
2025
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08:00 AM
America/Los_Angeles
LOS ANGELES — More than a third of the world’s population is affected by metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease, or MASLD, the most common chronic liver disease in the world. MASLD occurs when fat builds up in the liver …
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February
06,
2025
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08:00 AM
America/Los_Angeles
LOS ANGELES — Why do some people who consume a few glasses of alcohol a day develop advanced liver disease while others who drink the same amount don’t? The answer may lie in three common underlying medical conditions, according to a new …
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2024
November
11,
2024
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14:00 PM
America/Los_Angeles
LOS ANGELES — Alcohol use increased during the COVID-19 pandemic and remained elevated even after the pandemic ended, according to a large nationally representative Keck Medicine of USC study published today in the Annals of Internal …
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July
10,
2024
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09:00 AM
America/Los_Angeles
LOS ANGELES — Cirrhosis is chronic, progressive end-stage liver disease that occurs when scar tissue prevents the liver from functioning normally. Studies have shown that two of the leading causes of cirrhosis — alcohol use disorder and viral …
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2023
May
11,
2023
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09:09 AM
America/Los_Angeles
LOS ANGELES — Two people regularly have a few alcoholic drinks daily. One develops liver disease. The other doesn’t. What explains the different outcomes? The answer may lie in a condition known as metabolic syndrome, a cluster …
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