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Podcast: Surfing the MASH Tsunami
Episode: S3-E12.2 - Why NASH Might Be Different For Black Americans: SDOH, Omics
Description: Factors that make treating NASH and NAFLD a unique challenge for non-Hispanic Black Americans range from Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) to omics suggesting that the disease in Black Americans may be different than in Caucasians or a range of behavioral elements (for example, smoking) that are more closely associated with Black Americans.This conversation begins with Stephen Harrison noting that a combination of lower incidence of Fatty Liver disease within this population and an historically appropriate trust deficit that non-Hispanic Black Americans feel toward medical trials leads to study samples without enough sample to tell us...