High blood pressure can lead to liver fibrosis – the gradual stiffening of your liver as thin bands of scar tissue gradually ...

Announcing a new publication for Acta Materia Medica journal. Excessive consumption of acetaminophen (APAP) has emerged as the primary culprit behind drug-induced liver injury (DILI), with ...

Hepatocellular carcinoma continues to pose a diagnostic challenge, particularly in the setting of underlying pathomorphological changes in the liver due to cirrhosis, steatosis, or steatohepatitis.

Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH) significantly increases the risk of liver cirrhosis and ...

These health conditions contribute to a buildup of fat in the liver, experts say, which can then lead to fibrosis or scarring of the liver.

Separately, drinking damages liver cells trying to metabolize alcohol and can lead to additional fat buildup. The inflammation and scarring caused by excess fat may eventually lead to cirrhosis ...

For patients with compensated MASH-related cirrhosis and obesity, metabolic surgery associated with lower risk for adverse liver outcomes.

Changes like fibrosis, or scarring of the tissue in the liver, may lead to cirrhosis. “Liver inflammation is common and can be related to many causes that are not serious,” says Meaghan M.

Primary biliary cholangitis (formerly known as primary biliary cirrhosis, PBC) is an autoimmune liver disease in which a cycle of immune mediated biliary epithelial cell injury, cholestasis and ...

If your liver is damaged severely, it can cause permanent scarring that can affect how the organ functions. Alcohol and drug use, viruses, or metabolic factors can cause cirrhosis. The scarring ...

However, where it fell short was with respect to the failure at week 36 with the phase 2b SYMMETRY study, which used EFX to treat compensated cirrhosis ... build up in the liver.