Drinking alcohol if you have a large belly or diabetes more than doubles the risk of serious liver damage, while having high blood pressure and drinking nearly doubles the risk, a new study found.

What Is an Inflamed Liver? Inflammation is the body's way to heal an injury or damaged cells. In the liver, this injury can be caused by many things, including an infection, toxins, or the buildup ...

The liver, located in the upper right side of the abdomen, is the body’s largest organ and one of the most important. The liver performs hundreds of vital functions, including converting ...

Feb. 6, 2025 — The research found that heavy drinkers with either diabetes, high blood pressure or a high waist circumference are as much as 2.4 times more likely to develop advanced liver ...

What Does Liver Pain Feel Like? Your liver is a football-sized organ that sits under your ribs. It filters and cleans your blood, stockpiles energy, helps you fight infections and diseases ...

Syncytia formation is known to be stronger in cell cultures infected by the alpha variant (individual 2) compared to the pre-alpha (individual 1 and 3). Credit: Scientific Reports (2023). DOI: 10. ...

Elevated liver enzymes can occur for many reasons. Most often, elevated liver enzymes are temporary and resolve on their own without treatment. Occasionally, elevated liver enzymes require additional ...

The American Cancer Society’s estimates for primary liver cancer and intrahepatic bile duct cancer in the United States for 2025 are: About 42,240 new cases (28,220 in men and 14,020 in women) will be ...

Lung cancer liver metastases are tumors that form in the liver from cancer cells that have broken away from the primary cancer and spread through the blood or lymphatic system. The liver is a common ...

These updated guidelines on the management of abnormal liver blood tests have been commissioned by the Clinical Services and Standards Committee (CSSC) of the British Society of Gastroenterology (BSG) ...