What Is a Liver Ultrasound? A liver ultrasound is a type of abdominal ultrasound, an imaging test that uses high-frequency sound waves to create pictures of the organs and structures in your abdomen, ...

Your liver silently performs hundreds of essential functions daily, from filtering toxins to supporting digestion and metabolism. Yet this resilient organ faces a formidable adversary in alcohol. The ...

Fatty liver disease (also called steatotic liver disease) happens when too much fat builds up in your liver. It can be caused by high alcohol use or metabolic syndrome (a group of conditions like ...

This rare disease affecting the lymph nodes can increase your risk of developing lymphoma and life threatening infections. But timely treatment can often prevent serious complications. Share on ...

Due to lifestyle changes, the risk of liver-related diseases has increased significantly over the past decade or two. People of all ages, from children to the elderly, can become victims. Doctors say ...

Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) doesn’t always cause obvious symptoms. When symptoms do appear, fatigue and abdominal pain are the most common. MASLD develops when too ...

The liver is the body's built-in detoxifier, and without it, we can't function. The large, football-shaped organ is located in the right, upper part of the abdomen under the rib cage. The liver plays ...

Suchandrima Bhowmik has written over 300 articles on various health conditions, medical news, and recent breakthroughs. Her work appears in several publications, including Medical News Today, ...

A retrospective, single-center cohort study utilized liver ultrasound, serum collection, and proteome analysis to draw associations between spinal motor neuron (SMN) protein depletion and heightened ...

Alcohol-related liver disease deaths are spiking – and that too faster in a few groups, including women, young adults, and Indigenous people, according to a new study. The research, published in the ...

Even with Congress in it's lame-duck session, we would like to call attention to the growing problem of liver disease, which is becoming a public health crisis. There are more than 100 different types ...