After last week’s essay about this disease condition, it has become necessary to help readers understand the peculiar nature of the organ.

While organoids aim to mimic human organs, the liver's repertoire of complex functions – and thus the energy it needs to operate – have made it challenging for researchers to grow organoids that ...

An AST blood test measures levels of aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and helps determine liver function. Less than 40 IU/L is normal, but too much of this enzyme can indicate a problem ...

The course switched the pin placement at the short par-3 16th to the back right corner, the opposite of where it traditionally sits for the final round of the major championship each April.

Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) has limited dietary treatment options. Here, the authors show that torularhodin, a microbial carotenoid, alleviates NAFLD by enriching Akkermansia ...

When there’s too much glucose in your bloodstream, insulin tells your body to store the leftover glucose in your liver. The stored glucose isn’t released until your blood glucose levels decrease.

Elevated liver enzymes can occur for many reasons. Most often, elevated liver enzymes are temporary and resolve on their own without treatment. Occasionally, elevated liver enzymes require additional ...

Popular liver supplements such as milk thistle, artichoke, dandelion, turmeric, vitamin C, and others are often marketed with claims that they detoxify or cleanse the liver. However, research suggests ...

Introduction On table cholangiogram (OTC) is routinely done in patients with deranged liver function tests at the time of laparoscopic cholecystectomy in the setting of acute cholecystitis to rule out ...

Oregon Tech students recently completed BIO 226 — Introduction to Wildlife Rehabilitation, a course designed to introduce them to wildlife welfare and how to care for injured and orphaned wild ...