Fatty Liver: The Silent Disease at the Heart of the Metabolic Crisis | Mazen Noureddin MD, Houston Liver Institute

About this episode

This episode discusses the impact of fatty liver disease on overall health and its connection to metabolic issues.

🧠 Most people have heard of heart disease, diabetes, and obesity, but far fewer have been told about fatty liver, even though it now affects nearly 1 in 3 adults and sits at the center of all three. In this episode of The Health Curve, Dr. Jason Arora is joined by Dr. Mazen Noureddin MD (Transplant Hepatologist, Professor of Medicine, and Founding Director of the Houston Liver Institute), one of the world’s leading experts in liver and metabolic disease, to unpack why fatty liver disease is n...

People in this episode

Host: Dr. Jason Arora

Guest: Dr. Mazen Noureddin

Topics covered

• fatty liver
• metabolic disease
• health crisis
• liver health
• obesity
• diabetes
• heart disease

Keywords

• fatty liver
• metabolic crisis
• liver disease
• health
• obesity
• diabetes
• heart disease

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Houston Liver Institute

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