Detecting high ammonia levels in your blood can help doctors diagnose and treat liver disease before it progresses and becomes life threatening. Ammonia is a substance made of hydrogen and nitrogen.
A1C, LDL, HDL… the number of medical abbreviations you might see on your patient portal is enough to make you think your doctor speaks an entirely different language. Two such acronyms you may be less ...
For patients with chronic viral hepatitis, clinicians instinctively rely on liver enzyme measurements to estimate disease activity and assess need for liver biopsy or antiviral treatment. Although ...
Elevated liver enzymes can be a sign of injury or inflammation of your liver. Alcohol, medications, or diseases are common causes of high liver enzymes. Lifestyle changes like regular exercise and a ...
New analysis shows alcohol-related liver disease remains a major cause of cirrhosis and liver death. Read more.
Researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz Linda Crnic Institute for Down Syndrome (Crnic Institute) have uncovered ...