S3-E39.5 - From The Vault: Early, Accurate Patient Information Matters

Send us Fan MailThis week's "Conversation from the Vault" comes from September 2021, when Anthony Villiotti of NASH kNOWledge joined Louise Campbell and Roger Green to discuss what he considered the "biggest Fatty Liver story of the summer."In his answer, Tony pointed to two studies published during the summer. The San Antonio Military Medical Center study confirmed work done a decade earlier that suggested overall NAFLD and NASH incidence in a population of asymptomatic middle-aged Texans (37% NAFLD and 14% NASH) might be far higher than the most common publicly quoted numbers (25% and 5,6%, respectively). As we wrote in our conversation synopsis at the time, "Tony and Louise Campbell agree on the importance of educating children starting in their early years of schooling. Tony also comments on his belief in grass-roots education and hopes that as the COVID-19 pandemic abates, he will have more opportunities to do so. Louise talks about the need to educate/motiave primary care practitioners and related specialists to test more frequently and learn about the role the liver plays in non-communicable metabolic diseases they treat more frequently."