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 ...

Investigator Award has been awarded to two surgeon-scientists at the National Cancer Centre Singapore (NCCS) to pursue novel research in liver cancer and head and neck cancers. Globally, liver cancer ...

There are three stages of the disease: It starts as alcohol-related fatty liver disease, progresses to alcohol-related hepatitis (also called alcoholic hepatitis), and can turn into irreversible ...

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 ...

What Is an ALT Blood Test? The alanine aminotransferase (ALT) test is a blood test that checks for liver damage. ALT used to be called serum glutamic-pyruvic transaminase (SGPT). Your doctor can ...

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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.

Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Faye Coite and Beth Featherstone said the liver checks could be "a life saver" The health check involves a Fibroscan which uses ultrasound to detect ...

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) are the two most common causes of chronic liver disease in North America. NAFLD represents a spectrum of liver lesions that ...