Your liver plays a vital role in your metabolism, the biological process which converts food into energy. We know that being overweight can negatively affect metabolic activity, but not exactly how.

Many people don’t know just how much the liver does for the body. According to experts, more than 500 vital functions have ...

Weizmann Institute, Sheba Medical Center, and Mayo Clinic researchers find differences in human and mouse livers; study can ...

From fast-food to ultra-processed snacks, a high-fat diet eaten over the long term may trigger biological changes in the liver that could raise the risk of cancer. Researchers from the Massachusetts ...

From fast-food to ultra-processed snacks, a high-fat diet eaten over the long term may trigger biological changes in the liver that could raise the risk of cancer. Researchers from the Massachusetts ...

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 ...

Nowadays, people's lifestyle and diet have changed significantly. Lack of time, stress, and a poor lifestyle directly impact our health. Consequently, liver-related problems have increased ...

A newly discovered type of liver cell may hold clues for treating severe liver disease, according to a recent study from the University of Michigan Life Sciences Institute. The findings, published in ...

Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a medical condition where fat builds up in your liver. It’s a very common condition found in about a quarter of all American adults. But when it happens ...

An illustration of the results of the trans-omic analysis. Allosteric regulation, which controls metabolism, decreased in typical mice during feeding (thin blue arrow, left) and increased during ...