Liver disease

Depression, anxiety and stress levels have been shown to increase the risk of death by liver disease. The findings come from the University of Edinburgh, and it’s the first study to identify a possible link between psychological distress and death resulting from various forms of liver disease. The researchers are still unsure as to the ...click here to read more

It’s hard to pinpoint when our liver is sick, which is why it’s so important to always pay attention to your body and recognize the signs. Symptoms of an unwell liver include loss of appetite, weight loss, yellowing of the skin and bruising, just to name a few. Because many of the symptoms associated with ...click here to read more

Ascites is an indicator of advanced liver disease and liver cirrhosis. Ascites is the accumulation of fluid in the abdominal cavity, separated by the diaphragm. Abdominal organs are contained in a sac called the peritoneum. There is normally no fluid found in this area, except in some women during menstrual cycles and even that is ...click here to read more

Liver-mortality has moved its way to being one of the top 12 causes of death within the United States. Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) has risen to be the most common form of liver disease in the Western world. Previously NAFLD was deemed a benign condition, but as research continues to grow it has been ...click here to read more

In people who inject drugs (PWID), late chronic HCV (hepatitis C virus) disease therapy can cause severe liver damage. Worldwide there is an estimated 12.7 million people who inject drugs. Hepatitis C virus is a blood-borne viral infection estimated to affect 160 million people worldwide. HCV can contribute to cirrhosis of the liver, and if left untreated chronic ...click here to read more

Liver disease and hepatic fibrosis – scarring of the liver – has been found to be linked to genetics. The findings come from researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine. Hepatic fibrosis leads to dysfunction of the liver and can ultimately progress to cirrhosis, a fatal form of liver disease. The ...click here to read more

Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is commonly found in those with type-2 diabetes and remains to be the most common form of liver disease. NAFLD results from a build-up of fat in the liver which can lead to fibrosis – scarring of the liver – and ultimately cirrhosis or liver failure. The Mayo Clinic reports ...click here to read more

New research suggests prolonged hours sitting can contribute to non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) among middle-aged Koreans. Numerous studies have come out supporting the fact that sitting for long periods of time, or living a sedentary life, can contribute to many negative health effects. Sitting and chronic disease have largely been studied as of late, ...click here to read more

When discussing liver disease, alcohol comes up a lot. We know that everything we take in passes through the liver, and alcohol weighs heavily on the highly important organ. But there is another culprit that is often overlooked in discussions regarding the liver, even though it is a large contributor to nonalcoholic fatty liver disease ...click here to read more

We know that alcoholic liver disease stems from chronic drinking, but researchers have now found it can also affect the liver’s circadian clock. Researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham found levels of proteins part of mitochondrial function and energy production change cycles in the livers of healthy mice. Mice that were fed alcohol ...click here to read more

New research has uncovered a link between alcoholic liver disease and vitamin A. To reach the new findings researchers conducted numerous experiments on different groups of mice, some received food with alcohol, and some food without alcohol. Researchers examined enzymes in the liver and other organs like the kidneys, heart and lungs from the mice ...click here to read more

How many times have you said or maybe heard someone say, “My liver hurts,” or “My liver doesn’t feel well.” Probably never. That’s because unlike other ailments, like a cold, stomach flu or injury, our livers don’t send out direct signals of distress. This is why it’s that much more important to recognize the subtle ...click here to read more

Warnings about high alcohol consumption are nothing new; they’ve been handed down from generation to generation. In the United States alone, 27,000 people die every year from cirrhosis of the liver; however, a national team of scientists have made an interesting discovery about modest alcohol consumption (considered to be two drinks or less per day). ...click here to read more