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, ...

MASLD and Liver Cancer: What’s the Link? Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) is a condition where too much fat builds up in your liver. Unlike fatty liver caused by heavy ...

Some everyday medications can silently stress your liver. A hepatologist explains which drugs may raise liver enzymes and how ...

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet and the University of Gothenburg have identified two types of metabolic-associated fatty liver disease – a liver-specific type and a systemic type that affects ...

Ghent, 24 January 2025 – Our livers contain many different types of immune cells. New research by the team of Prof. Charlotte Scott (VIB-UGent Center for Inflammation Research) and colleagues now ...

There’s no way around it: Alcohol isn’t that good for us. Numerous scientific studies have shown how even moderate alcohol consumption negatively impacts the body, upping the risk for liver damage, ...

Neuroendocrine liver cancer develops in cells that produce hormones in response to nerve signals. Most neuroendocrine liver cancers spread from other organs. Liver cancer accounts for more than ...

One study explored the use of statins, a class of medications typically used to lower LDL cholesterol levels to reduce the risk of stroke and heart disease. Researchers found that statin use decreased ...

“Some artificial sweeteners may alter how the body handles glucose and insulin, contributing to insulin resistance, which is ...

Six out of ten people with type 2 diabetes had fatty liver in a new study from Linköping University. Of these, only a small percentage had developed more severe liver disease. The study, published in ...