An at-home liver test can check for liver disease or help monitor an ongoing condition by measuring certain proteins, enzymes, and bilirubin in your blood. Taking this test can help shed light on the ...

Doctors can often diagnose liver cancer with a CT scan and blood tests. A biopsy may be needed if imaging results are inconclusive. Liver cancer is often diagnosed after someone develops symptoms such ...

Liver elastography is a test that measures the stiffness of your liver. Stiffness is usually caused by scarring, which can be ...

Swedish researchers have developed a new, simple blood test capable of predicting the risk of severe liver disease, including cirrhosis and cancer, up to a decade in advance. This highly accurate test ...

Liver fibrosis may be diagnosed and staged — no fibrosis (stage F0), mild fibrosis (F1), significant fibrosis (F2), advanced fibrosis (F3), and cirrhosis (F4) — with the use of clinical parameters and ...

Routine liver function tests (LFTs) typically comprise alanine aminotransferase (ALT), alkaline phosphatase (ALP), bilirubin, ...

University of Texas at Dallas chemist Dr. Jie Zheng has spent much of his career investigating gold nanoparticles for their potential impact in the field of nanomedicine. In new research, he and his ...

People who are overweight but have good muscle strength may be less likely to develop obesity-related heart, liver or kidney damage, new research has suggested. Despite a growing body of evidence that ...

University of Texas at Dallas chemist Dr. Jie Zheng has spent much of his career investigating gold nanoparticles for their potential impact in the field of nanomedicine. In new research, he and his ...