Animal studies show hope of an effective and safe treatment for the chronic liver condition affecting 25 percent of US adults ...

Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) affects over a third of the global population and is linked ...

Starting next year, citizens aged 56 and 66 will be able to receive lung function tests in the national health checkup. The Ministry of Health and Welfare said on the 18th that it held the 2025 first ...

Tests by two foreign laboratories show that Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was poisoned before he died in an Arctic penal colony last year, his wife said Wednesday. Russia’s prison service ...

World Athletics is within "touching distance" of carrying out gene testing on all female athletes before the start of the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo. Rules requiring all athletes in the ...

Toxic “forever chemicals” are altering human liver function at a fundamental level by triggering both fat accumulation and cancer-linked cell damage, a new study has found. Several of these compounds, ...

A new study by the Centenary Institute and the Sydney Local Health District has found that a specialized blood test can detect alcohol use in people with liver disease far more accurately than ...

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), manmade chemicals that accumulate in the body over time, have been linked to liver disease and cancer, but it is not yet clear how they cause damage.

Correction: A previous version of this article incorrectly credited a photo of Matt and Susan Smith to Jeff Miller at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The photo was taken by David Wahlberg.

A 60-year-old man presented with right upper quadrant pain, jaundice, dark urine, pale stools, and anorexia lasting for 1 week. He had hypertension, hyperlipidaemia, and mild fatty liver and regularly ...

Yes, it is possible for a person with cirrhosis to receive typical liver function test results, although this is rare. The United Kingdom’s National Health Service (NHS) notes that liver function ...

In a breakthrough that brings bioengineered organs one step closer to reality, scientists have created lab-grown liver tissue capable of forming its own blood vessels. A team from Cincinnati ...