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.
Gastroenterology, Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, Hepatology, Liver Health
Category: Liver Health
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 this liver disease and how to protect yourself
Chronic Illness, Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, Hepatology, Liver Health
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.
Expected decline in liver transplants due to lower quality donor liver
A study led by Eric S. Orman, MD, published in the January 2013 issue of the journal Liver Transplantation, found that the non-use of donor livers climbed through 2010 due to a worsening of donor liver quality, primarily from donation following cardiac death.
UNC researchers discover how hepatitis C virus reprograms human liv...
Researchers in the laboratory of Stanley M. Lemon, MD, outline the critical role the microRNA known as miR-122 plays in the life cycle of the hepatitis C virus.
Heather Ledbetter: A Second Chance with a New Liver
A life-long Henderson County native receives a second chance at life with a liver transplant after a rare bone marrow disorder caused life-threatening blood clots in her liver.
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
Hepatitis C virus hijacks liver microRNA
Mechanism explains how virus survives in the liver and how a new antiviral works.
“Hey Doc, how are my kidneys?”
Drag car racer Tommy Arthur was the picture of health until his kidneys began to shut down because of IgA kidney disease.