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.
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
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
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.
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
“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.