Detox teas and cleanses promise to flush toxins, but your liver already does that work. Here's what detox really means and ...

A1C, LDL, HDL… the number of medical abbreviations you might see on your patient portal is enough to make you think your ...

YOU MIGHT NOT express gratitude for your liver (or even think about it) much, but it’s working around the clock for you. The liver is incredibly resistant to injury, and seriously resilient. Did you ...

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 ...

Long before a liver tumor appears, a high-fat diet can push liver cells into a risky survival mode. That is the central ...

Your liver plays a vital role in your metabolism, the biological process which converts food into energy. We know that being overweight can negatively affect metabolic activity, but not exactly how.

A high-fat diet does more than overload the liver with fat. New research from MIT shows that prolonged exposure to fatty foods can push liver cells into a survival mode that quietly raises the risk of ...

New MIT research is revealing how long-term high-fat diets may prime liver cells for cancer by forcing them into survival ...