Woman, 61, swallows a toothpick… and it ends up in her LIVER ‘after piercing its way through her bowel’ The
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So you make it 2019 your liver fit
Good intentions for a better liver health The time of good intentions getting closer. Healthier life is high on the
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Elevated hormone flags liver problems in mice with methylmalonic acidemia
Researchers have discovered that a hormone, fibroblast growth factor 21 (FGF21), is extremely elevated in mice with liver disease that
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Can liver disease be linked to heart failure? Study highlights liver-heart interaction
Virginia Commonwealth University researchers have collaborated on a clinical trial that identifies indicators for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease—a typically asymptomatic
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Scientists illuminate causes of hepatitis B virus-associated acute liver failure
National Institutes of Health scientists and their collaborators found that hepatitis B virus (HBV)-associated acute liver failure (ALF)—a rare condition
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Fatty liver changes the distribution and activity of proteins
Chronic excessive caloric intake leads to the deposition of fat droplets in the liver. This condition, known as fatty liver,
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Revealing the molecular mystery of human liver cells
A map of the cells in the human liver has been created by University Health Network Transplant Program and University
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Caspase-2 enzyme inhibitor shows promise for ameliorating fatty liver disease
Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine have discovered using mice and human clinical specimens, that caspase-2,
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Liver disease drug could help restore cells damaged by Alzheimer’s
A drug which has been used to treat liver disease for decades could help to restore cells damaged by Alzheimer’s,
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Rapid increase in deaths due to alcohol-related liver disease
Research led by the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor has made a disturbing find about deaths related to cirrhosis,
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