In the medical field, terminology not only guides clinical understanding and patient communication but also impacts research, ...

The current study is the first in the world to increase our knowledge of how the liver graft preservation method impacts fecal microbiota in the perioperative period of liver transplant patients. A ...

Why do some people who consume a few glasses of alcohol a day develop advanced liver disease while others who drink the same ...

Yale professors of medicine worked with a group of researchers and physicians to create 20 recommendations for the Connecticut General Assembly Public Health Committee.

The research found that heavy drinkers with either diabetes, high blood pressure or a high waist circumference are as much as 2.4 times more likely to develop advanced liver disease.

Bariatric surgery significantly reduced long-term risk for decompensation and adverse outcomes in patients with obesity and ...

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) are the two most common causes of chronic liver disease in North America. NAFLD represents a spectrum of liver lesions that ...

The exact causes aren’t fully understood, but risk factors include viral hepatitis B and hepatitis C infections, heavy alcohol use, smoking, family history of liver cancer or genetic diseases linked ...

Because these supplements are already commercially available and used to help treat other liver diseases, the researchers are hopeful that UDCA could be incorporated into liver cancer treatment plans ...

or have medical conditions such as liver disease, diabetes, and abnormal heart rhythms. Despite the known risks, there have been studies that suggest moderate alcohol consumption, in particular ...

High blood pressure affects multiple organs. Not only can hypertension add stress to the heart and damage arteries, leading to heart disease, but it also can cause strokes and kidney disease as ...