DEAR DR. ROACH: I am 90 and in reasonably good health. I recently had blood tests that showed a spike in my liver levels. An evaluation showed that I had hepatitis C. I have had a very hard time ...

Detecting high ammonia levels in your blood can help doctors diagnose and treat liver disease before it progresses and becomes life threatening. Ammonia is a substance made of hydrogen and nitrogen.

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For patients with chronic viral hepatitis, clinicians instinctively rely on liver enzyme measurements to estimate disease activity and assess need for liver biopsy or antiviral treatment. Although ...

Naturally occurring chemicals in cannabis have been shown to reduce cholesterol–and the risk of deadly fatty liver disease, ...

Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine and Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute have discovered that high levels of the protein p62 in human liver samples ...

Fatty liver is rising even among non-drinkers. A gastroenterologist explains the causes, lifestyle risks, early warning signs, and prevention tips for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.

Low testosterone in itself can cause a variety of health problems, but the addition of a poor diet can exacerbate certain conditions. Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) ...

Ammonia buildup may speed hepatocellular carcinoma in mice. Read more to see how a low-protein diet could slow tumour growth.