A liver ultrasound is a noninvasive test a doctor orders to examine the liver, its blood vessels, and sometimes the gallbladder. Abnormal results may indicate a person has liver disease or signal an ...

Elevated liver enzymes can occur for many reasons. Most often, elevated liver enzymes are temporary and resolve on their own without treatment. Occasionally, elevated liver enzymes require additional ...

Persistently elevated liver enzymes may be caused by certain types of cancer, including liver, colon, breast, stomach, pancreas, and skin cancers. Liver enzymes are proteins produced by your liver.

Comprehensive metabolic profile testing (panels) is widely used to screen individuals who present for routine evaluation, as well as those referred for elevated liver enzyme values. The standard ...

Your liver is working overtime right now, processing everything from your morning coffee to last night’s dinner, but it might be sending you desperate distress signals that you’re completely missing.

Dear Dr. Roach: I'm a 65-year-old male. On my recent semiannual checkup, my labs showed an AST level of 53 U/L and an ALT level of 62 U/L. I am concerned about nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. In ...

A new analysis links short and long sleep duration to markers of chronic liver disease, highlighting sleep as a potential ...

Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency (AATD) is an inherited genetic disorder. It can occur in anyone but is more common in people with ancestry in North and Central Europe. People with AATD experience ...

A new research paper was published in Volume 17, Issue 10 of Aging-US on October 3, 2025, titled "Growth hormone excess drives liver aging via increased glycation stress." In this study, led by first ...