Research conducted by a local hospital has found that hepatitis B patients with a simple fatty liver have a lower mortality risk than those without, suggesting that excessive fat in the liver could ...

Hepatitis C is an infectious disease of the liver caused by the hepatitis C virus (HCV). In the United States, it is the most common blood-borne infection, impacting around 2.4 million Americans, or ...

Other causes of inflamed liver Besides viral infections like hepatitis, long-term alcohol ... magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), or ultrasound allow doctors to get a better view of the liver.

Cirrhosis is scarring of the liver, often caused by fatty liver disease, hepatitis, or alcohol use ... such as an MRI or ultrasound. You may need a procedure called a biopsy, in which a sample ...

Background and Aim: Currently, an increasing number of liver biopsies are performed by radiologists under real-time ultrasound control. A routine ultrasound assessment of a puncture site before ...

St. David’s Medical Center in Austin is the first hospital in Central Texas to offer histotripsy, a noninvasive ultrasound ...

That is about to change, with $6 million awarded to National Cancer Centre Singapore (NCCS) senior consultant surgeon Pierce ...

Budd-Chiari syndrome (BCS) is a group of rare conditions in which veins in the liver become blocked. An ultrasound for BCS may show atypical, narrowed, or potentially blocked veins inside the liver.

They could also indicate that you have a condition of the liver such as liver disease or hepatitis. Why You Might Need a Liver Function Test A typical liver function test (LFT) is a simple blood test ...

Chronic hepatitis B (CHB) is a life-threatening liver disease that causes cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC ... Liver samples were obtained using 16-gauge Menghini needles with ultrasound ...

Chronic liver diseases, hepatitis, and alcohol use can cause cirrhosis. Without treatment, cirrhosis leads to liver failure. Metabolic Dysfunction–Associated Steatotic Liver Disease (MASLD ...