Liver elastography is a test that measures the stiffness of your liver. Stiffness is usually caused by scarring, which can be a sign of liver disease. A liver scan is an ultrasound of the liver ...

October marks Liver Cancer Awareness Month, an initiative that brings attention to the disease identified by NIH as the third ...

Cirrhosis and liver cancer are two of the world’s leading causes of illness and death, but they typically creep up quietly.

An intelligent liver function test platform (iLFT) successfully integrated into one Scottish primary care system reduced unnecessary specialist referrals over a 5-year period, and improved triage for ...

Though it is predicted to become a top cause of organ damage and liver transplants within this decade, treatments for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, or NAFLD, have stalled for a simple reason: It ...

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Liver cancer is often called a ‘silent killer’ because it often develops quietly, showing little to no obvious symptoms in ...

A recent study at the Medical University of South Carolina's (MUSC) Digestive Disease Research Core Center (DDRCC) provides insight into why physicians should be cautious when using a certain liver ...

Over 11,000 liver transplants were performed last year in the US, while thousands more patients remained in limbo.

There's help for failing kidneys and failing hearts. But there's no fix for a dying liver. Doctors are trying to change that at a few hospitals around the country, testing a machine packed with human ...

Discover a study showing how COVID-19 affects people with chronic liver disease, highlighting the importance of vaccination.