A Common Virus May Be Linked to Liver Failure in Healthy Children
Contact your child’s doctor right away if you notice yellowing in the whites of their eyes.
Category: Liver Health
Kidney Transplants Saved Her Life — Twice
A patient shares her story about the gift of organ donation.
7 Myths About Liver Transplants
This is fact: Livers can regenerate if disease is caught early.
Do You Need Liver Cleanse Supplements?
A gastroenterologist explains the science behind so-called detox products.
5 Steps to a Healthy Liver
Liver disease is a growing problem in the United States, but you can keep your liver healthy by following a few simple steps.
Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency: How to Spot and Treat It
This inherited condition can increase your patients’ risk of lung and liver disease.
What’s the Difference Between Hepatitis A, B and C?
Understand the types of hepatitis and learn how to protect yourself
Sickle cell trait in African-Americans associated with increased ki...
Vimal Derebail, MD, MPH, is co-first author of the study and Abhijit Kshirsagar, MD, MPH, is co-senior author. Both are members of the UNC Kidney Center.
Milk thistle, taken by many people for liver disease, ineffective a...
Silymarin or “milk thistle,” a popular herbal dietary supplement that many people take for liver ailments, works no better than placebo in patients with chronic hepatitis C infection.
Chronic Illness, Clinical Trials, Hepatitis C, Hepatology, Nutrition, Treatment, Wellness