A new blood test may help detect liver cancer earlier in people with chronic liver disease, potentially improving access to ...

Familial Hypobetalipoproteinemia (FHBL), caused by variants in the apolipoprotein B (APOB) gene, is a rare autosomal co-dominant monogenic disorder characterized by lifelong low plasma levels of total ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — Two Orlando parents are urging state and federal lawmakers to update infant screening after what they describe as life-altering delays in their daughter’s diagnosis and treatment.

This article was reviewed by Darragh O’Carroll, MD. Key Takeaways: Many men’s health issues are either entirely preventable ...

Liver disease affects more than 15 million people in the UK, the majority of whom are unaware they have it as, in its early ...

A1C, LDL, HDL… the number of medical abbreviations you might see on your patient portal is enough to make you think your doctor speaks an entirely different language. Two such acronyms you may be less ...

Researchers from Miguel Hernández University of Elche (UMH) in Spain have identified an effective strategy to reduce structural liver damage and improve hepatic vascular function in cirrhosis. The ...

Yes, your liver helps your body process that glass of wine you had with dinner last night, but it also does so much more. “The liver works hard daily to metabolize nutrients, filter out toxins, and ...

Doctors in China say they transplanted a genetically modified pig liver into a 71-year-old man who lived 171 days after the procedure, and 38 of those days were with the pig organ in place – a first ...

Researchers from Harvard’s Department of Human Evolutionary Biology found that educated children perform better on psychological tests measuring executive function abilities, challenging the accuracy ...

Researchers identified microRNA-93 as a genetic driver of fatty liver disease and showed that vitamin B3 can effectively suppress it. This breakthrough suggests niacin could be repurposed as a ...

Blood draws for several kinds of diagnostic tests require you to fast for several hours. Eating or drinking anything besides water can skew the results, leading to you needing to be retested. You may ...