Doctors can diagnose fatty liver disease, now called metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD), using blood tests that measure serum liver enzyme levels. Elevated enzyme levels ...

If you’re rushed to the hospital and into emergency surgery, it would be helpful if the anesthesiology team could predict whether your body will react in the way they expect. In the majority of cases, ...

A1C, LDL, HDL… the number of medical abbreviations you might see on your patient portal is enough to make you think your ...

An intelligent liver function test platform (iLFT) successfully integrated into one Scottish primary care system reduced unnecessary specialist referrals over a 5-year period, and improved triage for ...

The intelligent Liver Function Testing (iLFT) platform can improve diagnosis and management of chronic liver disease in a primary care setting, new data show. At the European Association for the Study ...

Chronic liver disease gets worse when the liver's immune system stays overactive, resulting in ongoing inflammation and ...

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 ...

An at-home liver test can check for liver disease or help monitor an ongoing condition by measuring certain proteins, enzymes, and bilirubin in your blood. Taking this test can help shed light on the ...

While liver stiffness measurement by vibration-controlled transient elastography with a 25 kPa threshold might detect CSPH, the overall low quality of the studies means that these results are not very ...