The article by Professor Dominique Valla published in 'The Parliament Magazine', Policy, Politics and People, Issue 289, shows that contrary to common belief, liver disease is not always a self inflicted disease. It is caused by a conjunction of several conditions, which have increased in epidemic proportions over the last decades and act in a cooperative manner to damage the liver, progressively and relentlessly such as excess weight (not obese), alcohol consumption (even if regular), viral hepatitis and ageing.
