संवाद # 115: India's top liver Dr Arvinder Soin explains rising liver failures in youth, fatty liver

Dr. Arvinder Singh Soin is the Chief Hepatobiliary and Liver Transplant Surgeon & Chairman of the Institute of Liver Transplantation and Regenerative Medicine, Medanta - The Medicity, Gurugram. A surgeon and pioneer in the field of liver transplantation, acknowledged for his work in establishing liver transplantation in India. Dr. Soin also runs the Liver Transplant institute at the Sir H. N. Reliance Foundation Hospital, Mumbai. Dr Soin has performed more than 4,000 liver transplants in India which is the highest in the country, and the second-highest in the world. 0:00 Intro 0:49 Liver failures in youth 1:37 Binge drinking & liver failure 3:15 Women patients on the rise 7:52 Is any amount of drinking safe? 10:01 Fatty livers of those who don't drink 12:41 Change in causes of liver diseases 13:17 Bad lifestyle & bad food 14:55 Liver cancer's fertile ground 15:58 Insulin resistance 17:40 Why India is diabetes capital 19:22 How to prevent fatty liver 22:13 Lean people can also have fatty liver 23:17 Genetic reasons for fatty liver 25:39 Heart diseases - link to fatty liver 27:18 Genetic screening for certain diseases