Doctors can diagnose fatty liver disease, now called metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD), using blood tests that measure serum liver enzyme levels. Elevated enzyme levels ...

In addition to releasing carbon dioxide, every breath we take exhales a multitude of volatile chemicals from locations throughout the body, not just the lungs. Now, Owlstone Medical has shown that its ...

No single blood test can diagnose liver cancer, but liver cancer blood tests can detect signs of liver dysfunction. Depending on a person’s signs and symptoms, a doctor may recommend further testing, ...

THE liver plays an important role in the metabolism of carbohydrates. Clinical investigators have frequently reported observations of disturbed carbohydrate metabolism in the presence of liver disease ...

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 ...

Doctors can often diagnose liver cancer with a CT scan and blood tests. A biopsy may be needed if imaging results are inconclusive. Liver cancer is often diagnosed after someone develops symptoms such ...

IT HAS been believed for decades that chronic alcoholism damages the hepatic parenchyma and may finally lead to cirrhosis of the liver. Available statistics show alcoholism to be an etiologic factor ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In a multicenter study, researchers identified two novel protein biomarkers (PLIN2 and RAB14) that demonstrated ...

A gastroenterologist shared a case where a seemingly healthy man's life-threatening internal bleeding was caused by years of 'casual' alcohol consumption, leading to severe liver damage. This talks ...

There are two subtypes of liver cancer: hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), which is the most common, and cholangiocarcinoma, which grows in the bile ducts of the liver. Knowing your subtype is important ...