Author: Carole Marxer, Postdoctoral Researcher in Gastrointestinal Epidemiology, Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet

Drazen Zigic/Shutterstock A liver condition that many people have never heard of may affect around one in six women of childbearing age worldwide. A 2025 global analysis estimated that 15.8% of women aged 15 to 49 were living with metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) in 2021. Imagine Lisa, 31, arriving for her first pregnancy […]