Liver failure can cause the breath to have a musty, garlicky smell. In ancient times, this typical scent of the breath was used as a diagnostic tool for liver disease. Modern medical researchers are ...

Dec. 13, 2024 — New research highlights the possibility of screening people with type 2 diabetes for liver damage at the same time as they undergo screening for eye ... Microbiome Changes in ...

The incidence of the most common form of liver cancer, hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), has grown by 25-30% in the past two decades, with much of the growth attributed to the dramatic rise in fatty ...

Data from liver tissue of patients with chronic liver disease further supported these findings: ECM1 levels inversely correlated with the expression of the identified mediators and LTGF-β activation.

There's nothing tricky about keeping your liver in good shape. It's all about a healthy lifestyle, says Ray Chung, MD, medical director of the liver transplant program at Massachusetts General ...

This event provided specialized medical consultations to over 50 patients, led by Dr. Shailendra Lalwani, a renowned Liver Transplant Surgeon from Shalby Hospital, Delhi, India. Dr. Lalwani ...

They will need regular monitoring to check their liver is functioning properly. Medical News Today has strict sourcing guidelines and relies on peer-reviewed studies, academic research ...

visceral fat makes up more than 5 percent of the liver’s mass, explains Supriya Rao, MD, Board-Certified Obesity Doctor, Gastroenterologist and Director of Medical Weight Loss at Lowell General ...

For noncirrhotic patients with liver cancer, surgery is the treatment of choice. Surgical resection, in which your surgeon removes the cancerous part of the liver, offers the best possibility for a ...

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 ...