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Podcast: Surfing the MASH Tsunami
Episode: S5 - E11.4 - More Hot MASLD Topics: Inflammation, MD columnists' Advice, FGF-21s
Description: This conversation sees the end of the "hot topics" discussion, followed by Michael Charlton discussing issues and excitement around the FGF-21 class.As we begin, Louise Campbell and JΓΆrn Schattenberg speculate on ways to incorporate metrics like the Dietary Inflammation Index into multifactorial care. Michael asks whether alcohol is figured in the index, given its pro-inflammatory nature, and celebrates the fact that we can now evaluate MetALD patients as a group instead of removing them from classical MASH clinical trials. Louise, who raised the issue in the first place, does not know. As she notes, she f...