Your liver, which is the largest internal organ in your body, is responsible for a lot. It regulates blood clotting, removes toxins like alcohol from your bloodstream, helps in the production of bile ...

A transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS for short) is a procedure meant to help blood flow more easily through your liver. It’s usually done to treat complications caused by liver damage ...

Internal medicine and rheumatology specialist Siobhan Deshauer, MD, takes a look at the clues a body may show indicating liver disease. Following is a partial transcript of the video (note that errors ...

Your liver doesn’t complain much. It quietly processes everything you eat and drink, filters toxins, stores nutrients, and performs hundreds of essential functions without demanding attention. This ...

Fatty Liver and High Blood Pressure: What’s the Link? Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) is associated with high blood pressure, or hypertension, but the cause-effect ...

The liver stands as one of the body’s most resilient organs, capable of remarkable regeneration even after sustaining significant damage from years of alcohol consumption. This vital organ, ...

As rates of obesity, high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes and sleep apnea increase, cases of advanced chronic liver disease ...

Medically reviewed by Robert Burakoff, MD Key Takeaways The liver can recover from metabolic-associated steatohepatitis (MASH) if drinking stops and a healthier diet is adopted.Chronic alcohol use can ...