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 ...

Researchers have recently created a blood test that can detect liver disease years before symptoms ever develop, helping pave the way for the diagnosis of diseases such as cirrhosis and liver cancer ...

If you’ve ever wondered why your doctor asks you to do a blood test or provide a urine sample at your annual checkup even if ...

Liver fibrosis has shown potential to be reversed.Liver fibrosis is a condition where scar tissue builds up in the liver due ...

Siemens is launching its Enhanced Liver Fibrosis (ELF) diagnostic in the U.S. this week to help test patients with chronic liver disease. This new testing service comes out of the Siemens Healthcare ...

THE liver plays an important role in the metabolism of carbohydrates. Clinical investigators have frequently reported observations of disturbed carbohydrate metabolism in the presence of liver disease ...

New one-dose treatment edits a gene in the liver, disabling the ANGPTL3 protein and significantly lowers cholesterol.

Preeclampsia tests include blood pressure readings, urine tests to look for protein, and other lab tests to check for changes in the blood or liver. Doctors may also perform a physical exam. Health ...

I reassured him and sent him to get another blood specimen drawn without a tourniquet. Why? Because I suspected that the ...