Popular liver health supplements such as milk thistle, artichoke, vitamin C, and others are marketed with unfounded claims that they "detoxify," "cleanse," and "nourish" the liver. Research suggests ...
Brain inflammation is a hallmark of multiple sclerosis. Using novel spatial transcriptomics methods, the authors provide solid evidence for a gradient of immune genes and inflammatory markers from the ...
Liver cirrhosis is irreversible damage or scarring to the liver as a result of advanced liver disease (such as hepatitis) that stops the liver functioning, potentially leading to liver failure ...
The liver does a lot of heavy lifting. The largest internal organ, it regulates clotting and removes toxins, yet research suggests many of us live with compromised liver function — and don’t ...
Your liver, which is the largest internal organ in your body, is responsible for a lot. It regulates blood clotting, removes toxins like alcohol from your bloodstream, helps in the production of bile ...
I wasn’t terribly impressed by Trump in some ways. He is a little bit coarse. But he had good ideas and we had the best economy in 50 years under Trump. Now under this administration we have the ...
Millions of Americans are taking herbal remedies that may be toxic to the liver. The NHANES survey collect a large amount of information, including detailed demographics, medical history, lifestyle ...
It turns out one of them did indeed pack a vitamin punch. These days, the words "cod liver oil" are vaguely sepia-tinged. They conjure up an image of a murky spoonful of something, brandished by a ...
HCC develops in the background of cirrhosis or chronic liver disease, and usually has a capsule, seen as high signal peripheral rim enhancement on venous or equilibrium phase images. Fibrolamellar ...
In the second, Brunetti et al (J Hepatol 2004; 40:501-6) evaluated the diagnostic yield of a series of paired, fine and coarse liver blopsies obtained in 149 consecutive patients with chronic ...
Some drugs can cause a type of liver damage known as drug-induced liver disease, or drug-induced liver injury. These drugs include both prescription and over-the-counter (OTC) medications. Taking a ...