Your liver plays a major role in digestion, metabolism, and detoxification (eliminating harmful substances from your body). Liver enzymes help the liver perform these functions by speeding up chemical ...

Your liver is working overtime right now, processing everything from your morning coffee to last night’s dinner, but it might be sending you desperate distress signals that you’re completely missing.

When it comes to most body parts, if there’s a problem, you know it. If a bone breaks, you feel it. If your gut becomes inflamed, you can expect some unpleasant G.I. symptoms. But your liver is a ...

A chemical commonly found in consumer products and used in dry cleaning has been shown to triple the risk of liver fibrosis.

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a 70-year-old female in fairly good health with a number of diseases/conditions that are fairly well-controlled. I take about 15 prescription and over-the-counter meds a day ...

Cannabidiol use at 5 mg/kg/day in healthy adults resulted in liver enzyme levels exceeding three times the upper limit of normal in 5.6%, with no significant changes in endocrine hormone levels ...

Dietary supplements are more popular than ever. Vitamins, minerals, herbs, enzymes and other botanicals are now a mainstay in medicine cabinets. Three in four Americans take at least one dietary ...

Scientists at UC San Diego have identified a new drug, ION224, that could transform the treatment of MASH, a dangerous form of fatty liver disease tied to obesity and diabetes. By blocking a key liver ...

Liver cirrhosis is significantly more common in low-income households than in high-income households. This is the result of a ...