The liver produces bile, stored in the gallbladder ... Bile from the gallbladder and digestive enzymes from the pancreas are mixed into the chyme in the duodenum. The final breakdown and absorption of ...

Bile duct inflammation and scarring, known as cholangiopathies, can disrupt bile flow, leading to liver damage and ...

Harvard Medical School researchers have found that statin use significantly reduces the risk of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC ...

Heavy alcohol use is taking an earlier toll, landing more young Americans onto transplant lists. The obesity epidemic makes ...

When an organ is injured, our body initiates a healing process. If the injury is repeated or chronic, it can lead to an ...

A surgical team at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center has performed a first at the hospital — a robot-assisted, live liver ...

Colorectal cancer can spread to the liver, and once it does, patients are often at the bottom of the list to receive a liver ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Surgeons at Northwestern Medicine split a liver to save two lives. The surgery also brings new hope for ...

Mar. 13, 2025 — When mothers eat a diet high in fat and sugars, their unborn babies can develop liver stress that continues into early life. A new study sheds light on changes to the fetus's ...

St. David’s Medical Center is offering a non-invasive form of liver cancer treatment that uses ultrasound waves to kill ...

Continuing our Masterclass series, GP and smoking cessation expert Dr Alex Bobak explains the adverse effects of smoking and ...

Some evidence suggests a higher risk of liver disease with psoriasis. Certain psoriasis treatments can cause liver toxicity, but the two conditions also share common risk factors, which may ...