UT Southwestern discovery could lead to a novel approach for treating heart disease and fatty liver disease. Two researchers ...

Discover the groundbreaking discovery of how a specialized protein from your liver travels to your brain to repair damage and fight off dementia.

DURING the course of a series of investigations of the sulphydryl content of mouse liver under varying experimental conditions, it was found that during a period of nine months there was a steady ...

Elevated liver enzymes can be a sign of injury or inflammation of your liver. Alcohol, medications, or diseases are common causes of high liver enzymes. Lifestyle changes like regular exercise and a ...

"These drugs are resulting in less acetaldehyde." The findings suggest that not only might GLP-1 receptor agonists help the liver by acting on the brain to reduce alcohol consumption, but also through ...

Researchers have discovered that a tiny molecule, known as microRNA-93 (miR-93), is the primary driver of fatty liver disease ...

For patients with chronic viral hepatitis, clinicians instinctively rely on liver enzyme measurements to estimate disease activity and assess need for liver biopsy or antiviral treatment. Although ...

Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine and Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute have discovered that high levels of the protein p62 in human liver samples ...

Detecting high ammonia levels in your blood can help doctors diagnose and treat liver disease before it progresses and becomes life threatening. Ammonia is a substance made of hydrogen and nitrogen.

A routine blood test comes back with a red flag: uric acid is high. But there is no joint pain, no swelling, no signs of gout ...

High doses of vitamin B3 (niacin), often taken for longevity or cholesterol, can trigger serious liver damage. Experts warn ...