Cirrhosis of the liver is a chronic and progressive disease in which healthy liver cells are slowly replaced by scar tissue, severely impairing vital liver functions such as detoxification, hormone ...

Researchers have recently created a blood test that can detect liver disease years before symptoms ever develop, helping pave the way for the diagnosis of diseases such as cirrhosis and liver cancer ...

Cirrhosis is the result of long-term liver injury where healthy tissue is replaced with scar tissue (fibrosis). Common causes of cirrhosis include alcohol use disorder (AUD), nonalcoholic fatty liver ...

Chemotherapy may contribute to liver damage. If you have cirrhosis or other liver problems, your doctor might consider other cancer treatments. Your liver filters potentially harmful substances from ...

New research highlights the promise of artificial intelligence (AI) for opportunistic screening of chronic liver disease (CLD) through routine echocardiography. “We hope that this algorithm enables ...

Alcoholic cirrhosis is the severe, final stage of alcohol-associated liver disease, resulting from long-term heavy alcohol consumption. The disease involves permanent scarring of the liver, which ...

Elizabeth Cooney is a cardiovascular disease reporter at STAT, covering heart, stroke, and metabolic conditions. You can reach Liz on Signal at LizC.22. Right now, patients with obesity and cirrhosis ...

When your liver is severely damaged, you can end up with cirrhosis that then contributes to hyponatremia, which is low blood sodium levels. When your liver is damaged, your body repairs the damage by ...