Researchers have recently created a blood test that can detect liver disease years before symptoms ever develop, helping pave ...

Cirrhosis and liver cancer are two of the world’s leading causes of illness and death, but they typically creep up quietly.

Elevated liver enzymes may mean a person’s liver is not working properly. Common causes include fatty liver disease and cirrhosis. Managing these conditions will help treat high enzyme levels. Doctors ...

Liver enzymes are proteins in your liver that speed up chemical reactions. If your liver is damaged, blood tests will show abnormally high levels of these enzymes circulating in your bloodstream.

Dear R.C.: With abnormal liver tests and your liver sonogram, I would be concerned that you had metabolic-associated ...

I’m a generally healthy 73-year-old man. I recently had blood work done and was incidentally noted to have high liver tests ...

Researchers in Sweden and Finland have created the CORE model, a simple blood test that predicts liver disease risk with ...

Powders are a convenient way to reach your recommended daily intake (RDA) of protein, but they also make it easier to overconsume this macronutrient, potentially causing problems with your liver and ...

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 ...

Research from the Medical University of South Carolina's Digestive Disease Research Core Center suggests that physicians can fail to diagnose alcoholic cirrhosis if they rely solely on laboratory test ...

A new study from Karolinska Institutet, published in the journal The BMJ, shows how a simple blood analysis can predict the ...