The liver is a 3-pound workhorse of an organ, processing much of what we take into our bodies. That includes medications, alcohol fatty foods and other toxins. But the liver has its limits. The ...

Hepatitis is a general term to describe inflammation of the liver tissue. Although it can arise from several causes, hepatitis from a viral infection is the most common. Alcoholic hepatitis is a ...

As patients come into clinic and receive appropriate follow-up, we can hopefully find ways to mitigate the increase in alcoholic hepatitis, said Nancy Reau, MD, section chief of hepatology at Rush ...

Research scientists from the Indiana University School of Medicine and Regenstrief Institute have found that individuals with a parent who died from liver disease face more than double the risk of ...

Editor's note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape's Coronavirus Resource Center. In the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, hospital admissions for alcoholic hepatitis (AH) among ...

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BOSTON—Hepatitis used to be the talk of the town at The Liver Meeting, the annual gathering of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases. These days, the conversation is turning to ...

In new research published in Liver International, researchers at Henry Ford Health System have found that people hospitalized for alcoholic hepatitis – a life threatening liver disease fueled by ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Aiming to compare and assess 30-day mortality, hospital length of stay and ICU admission between patients with ...

The more frequent and often heavier drinking that can typify the holidays for many has many associated health risks, and now ...

Adding prophylactic antibiotic therapy to prednisolone does not improve survival in patients hospitalized with severe alcohol-related hepatitis, new research shows. In a double-blind randomized ...