Liver Center News
Lisa Korn, MD, PhD, instructor of medicine (rheumatology, allergy and immunology) has been selected to receive the 2024 Iva Dostanic, MD, PhD, Physician-Scientist Trainee Award.
- March 24, 2024Source: Yale Medicine
Wajahat Mehal, MD, professor of medicine (digestive diseases), discusses a new treatment for nonalcoholic steatohepatitis.
- March 11, 2024
As a part of our “Meet Yale Internal Medicine” series, today’s feature is on Romina Fiorotto, PhD, assistant professor (digestive diseases and pathology).
- February 19, 2024
Yale researchers have collaborated with other experts in the field of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), or liver cancer, to develop the most recent American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) practice guidance for liver cancer.
- November 01, 2023
Yale has made advances that have changed how doctors and patients grapple with diabetes.
- October 10, 2023
A new study published in Nature demonstrates how the immune system plays a role in the development of behaviors to avoid food allergens. Previous research has suggested that the immune system may be involved in behavioral modification beyond simply protecting the body from infectious diseases.
- October 05, 2023
Guadalupe Garcia-Tsao, MD, FRCP, professor of medicine (digestive diseases), who recently won an ALEH International Mentor Award, believes that mentoring plays a vital role in the advancement of the research and the practice of medicine.
- October 04, 2023Source: Parade
There's been some uplifting news about liver cancer in recent years. Statistics show that, after years of increasing cases, global liver cancer rates have decreased significantly in men and women from 2000 to 2016. That's the good news. Unfortunately, about 19,000 men and 9,000 women die from the disease in the U.S. every year, according to the CDC. Understanding your risk and potential red flags can help you take life-saving action early. "Liver disease remains non-symptomatic for a long time," says Dr. Mario Strazzabosco, MD, Ph.D., a clinical program leader and the director of the Liver Cancer Program at Yale Cancer Center and Smilow Cancer Hospital. "Given [that], it is very important to know the risk factors for liver cancer."
- September 19, 2023
The Yale Liver Center held its annual retreat at the Water’s Edge Resort and Spa, in Westbrook, Conn., on September 10, 2023.