Explore the critical connection between alcohol consumption, liver cirrhosis, and the urgent need for early intervention and ...

Elizabeth Cooney is a cardiovascular disease reporter at STAT, covering heart, stroke, and metabolic conditions. You can reach Liz on Signal at LizC.22. Right now, patients with obesity and cirrhosis ...

People under 45 have been driving an increase in liver-related deaths, especially those caused by alcohol. But a sliver of that young adult population is being hit disproportionately hard by ...

Cirrhosis is the result of long-term liver injury where healthy tissue is replaced with scar tissue (fibrosis). Common causes of cirrhosis include alcohol use disorder (AUD), nonalcoholic fatty liver ...

Cirrhosis of the liver is a chronic and progressive disease in which healthy liver cells are slowly replaced by scar tissue, impairing vital liver functions such as detoxification and nutrient ...

Bacterial infections (BIs) are common and severe complications in patients with liver cirrhosis, but global data are limited.

Yes, it is possible to have a normal liver function test if you have cirrhosis, but this is rare. Cirrhosis is a condition that causes scarring and damage of the liver, which can prevent it from ...

Alcohol-induced hepatitis is liver damage caused by over-consuming alcohol. It can progress to severe liver scarring called cirrhosis if you continue alcohol use. Alcohol-induced hepatitis, formally ...

ACCORDING TO UCI HEALTH, ROUGHLY 1600 CASES OF ACUTE LIVER FAILURE HAPPEN IN THE U.S. AS A RESULT OF SOMETHING THAT IS LIKELY IN YOUR MEDICINE CABINET RIGHT NOW. AN UPSTATE MAN IS NOW FIGHTING FOR HIS ...

Dear Dr. Roach: My friend has cryptogenic cirrhosis. She says that the doctors don't know what causes it. Where could this have come from, and what does this mean for her? Dear A.T.G.: "Cryptogenic" ...