Liver fluke: Symptoms and treatment

The liver fluke is a parasite found in the bile ducts and the liver. In this article, we look at the symptoms and diseases they can cause, and prevention.

Can tomatoes protect us from alcohol’s effects?

Excessive alcohol consumption damages the liver and the brain. But studies have shown that tomatoes and tomato components can prevent this damage.

Alcoholic Hepatitis: Symptoms, Treatment, and Outlook

What is alcoholic hepatitis? Learn about the causes, how it is diagnosed, and prevention.

Low selenium levels linked to liver cancer development

A new study, published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, shows that the highest levels of blood selenium or of selenoprotein P, the protein that distributes selenium from the liver…

Hepatitis A: Causes, Symptoms and Treatment

Hepatitis A is a viral infection of the liver that is spread person-to-person and via contaminated food and water. Learn more about the disease, its symptoms and treatment here.

Recommended levels of activity rarely achieved by obese children and those with liver disease

In a new study published in the journal Nutrients, research from the University of Surrey and the Children’s Liver Disease Foundation has found that both obese children and those with Non-Alcoholic…

Research team discovers backup system that helps sustain liver during crisis

Scientists from Montana State University and Sweden have discovered an antioxidant system that helps sustain the liver when other systems are missing or compromised.

Consuming probiotics for a month helps diminish fat accumulation in the liver, according to a new study

Spanish scientists have demonstrated through an experiment on obese rats that the consumption of probiotics during thirty days helps diminish the accumulation of fat in the liver.

Possible solution to liver problems linked to intravenous feeding

Researchers know that feeding some patients intravenously can save their lives – but also can cause liver damage. Now scientists at the University of Colorado and Children’s Hospital Colorado have figured out the likely culprit, one of the ingredients in intravenous food, behind the liver problems…

Caffeinated drinks may be good for the liver

Researchers have discovered that an increased caffeine intake may reduce the risk of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, according to a study published in the journal Hepatology. A team from the Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School (Duke-NUS) and the Duke University School of Medicine used cell culture and mice as models for the effects of caffeine on the liver disease…

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