This is probably the first question you asked after hearing the words “fatty liver” from your doctor. It’s a fair question, and it deserves a real answer instead of either empty reassurance or needless alarm. So here it is, as plainly as the evidence allows: for most people diagnosed at an early stage, yes, fatty […]
If you or someone you love has cirrhosis, you may have already heard the term hepatic encephalopathy, often shortened to HE. And if you have been through more than one episode, you have probably asked the same frustrated question that comes up again and again in patient support groups and doctor’s office conversations: why does […]
If you have type 2 diabetes or prediabetes, there’s a good chance your liver is already involved — and almost no one is telling you that clearly. Here’s a statistic that surprises most people the first time they hear it: if you have type 2 diabetes, you have somewhere between a 55 and 70 percent […]
