Cirrhosis of the liver is a serious condition, causing scarring and permanent damage to the liver. Life expectancy depends on the stage and type of liver cirrhosis, but it may vary between roughly ...

Patients with liver cirrhosis display a wide range of clinical symptoms. A prospective study conducted by MedUni Vienna has now shown that blood levels of biomarkers for systemic inflammation increase ...

Macronodular cirrhosis is a type of cirrhosis, or scarring of the liver. It means the person has nodules, or irregular growths of tissue, more than 3 millimeters (mm) wide on the liver. Cirrhosis is ...

A comprehensive review assessed the ways that proper nutrition could help reduce the adverse effects of hepatic encephalopathy in patients with hepatic encephalopathy. A recent review published in the ...

Chronic liver disease develops from long-term liver damage over months to years. The most common causes are viral hepatitis and chronically high alcohol consumption. Chronic liver disease is the ...

In the study of nearly 1.3 million individuals in Germany, multivariable analysis showed a 21% higher risk for any cardiovascular event -- stroke or myocardial infarction (MI) -- among those with ...

People under 45 have been driving an increase in liver-related deaths, especially those caused by alcohol. But a sliver of that young adult population is being hit disproportionately hard by ...

Owlstone Medical (“Owlstone”), the global leader in Breath Biopsy ® for applications in early disease detection and precision medicine, today announced new data on the development of novel tests for ...

Liver cancer may not cause symptoms in the early stages. When symptoms do appear, they often include abdominal pain, jaundice, or a noticeable lump on the right side of your abdomen. Abdominal pain is ...