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.

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 ...

Elevated liver enzymes can be a sign of injury or inflammation of your liver. Alcohol, medications, or diseases are common causes of high liver enzymes. Lifestyle changes like regular exercise and a ...

A new long-term study in mice suggests that the ketogenic diet, despite helping prevent weight gain, may lead to fatty liver ...

There are no approved drugs to treat nonalcoholic fatty liver disease but controlling blood sugar over time may help decrease the risk of liver scarring and disease progression. According to a new ...

Fatty liver isn’t just an adult problem anymore. Dr Tushar Madake explains how obese kids and teens are at risk and how early ...

Familial Hypobetalipoproteinemia (FHBL), caused by variants in the apolipoprotein B (APOB) gene, is a rare autosomal ...

New analysis shows alcohol-related liver disease remains a major cause of cirrhosis and liver death. Read more.

Doctors can often diagnose liver cancer with a CT scan and blood tests. A biopsy may be needed if imaging results are inconclusive. Liver cancer is often diagnosed after someone develops symptoms such ...