Brian P. Lee

The “weekend warrior” approach to alcohol consumption—abstaining during the week only to indulge in heavy sessions on Friday and Saturday—may be far more dangerous than previously understood. New research suggests that for a significant portion of the population, the pattern of drinking is a more critical predictor of liver failure than the total volume of … Read more

The seemingly harmless habit of occasional binge drinking – defined as four or more drinks for women and five or more for men in a single sitting – carries a surprisingly high risk: a tripling of the chance of developing advanced liver fibrosis, particularly for those already grappling with metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD). … Read more