{"podcast":{"title":"HCPLive Podcasts","slug":"hcplive-podcasts-19526","podcast_index_feed_id":19526,"rss_url":"https://audioboom.com/channels/5004077.rss","website_url":"https://audioboom.com/channels/5004077","image_url":"https://audioboom.com/i/40144427.png","author":"HCPLive.com","episode_count":243,"summary":"Your destination feed for medical, health care and clinical science podcasts courtesy of HCPLive—featuring our shows Medical Ethics Unpacked, New Insight, and 5 Stories in Under 5.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hcplive-podcasts-19526"},"episode":{"title":"Liver Lineup: Closing the Gap in Women’s Liver Health","slug":"liver-lineup-closing-the-gap-in-women-s-liver-health","published_at":"2026-04-16T20:40:03+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hcplive-podcasts-19526/liver-lineup-closing-the-gap-in-women-s-liver-health","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hcplive-podcasts-19526","url":"https://audioboom.com/posts/8891050","audio_url":"https://audioboom.com/posts/8891050.mp3?modified=1776372162&sid=5004077&source=rss","summary":"In this episode of Liver Lineup , hosts Nancy Reau, MD, and Kimberly Brown, MD, are joined by Meena Bansal, MD, to examine how liver disease uniquely affects women across the lifespan. While conditions like metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) are often discussed in broad terms, the trio highlights how risk, progression, and outcomes can differ significantly based on sex and hormonal status. From reproductive years through menopause and beyond, physiologic changes play a central role in shaping liver health, but these distinctions have historically been underrecognized in both research and clinical care. Key Episode Timestamps 0:00:00 – Welcome & women’s liver health framework 0:03:17 – Menopause, estrogen loss, and fibrosis risk 0:10:57 – PCOS, young women, and high‑risk metabolic phenotypes 0:13:54 – Pregnancy, MASH, and maternal-fetal outcomes 0:18:45 – Screening strategy, menopause as a pivot, and intervals 0:28:03 – Practical toolkit: FIB‑4, second‑line tests, and who to test 0:31:27 – Management, GLP‑1s, resmetirom, and key takeaways https://www.hcplive.com/view/liver-lineup-closing-the-gap-in-women-s-liver-health","meta_description":"In this episode of Liver Lineup , hosts Nancy Reau, MD, and Kimberly Brown, MD, are joined by Meena Bansal, MD, to examine how liver disease uniquely affe…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2691,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/hcplive-podcasts-19526/episodes/liver-lineup-closing-the-gap-in-women-s-liver-health/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hcplive-podcasts-19526/liver-lineup-closing-the-gap-in-women-s-liver-health.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}