Hepatitis can lead to serious liver damage. We cover basics about liver anatomy and define hepatitis here. Plus info on the different types of hepatitis.
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Dear Dr. Donohue — I am a 68-year-old woman in excellent health. I recently had standard blood tests done. My doctor said my liver enzymes were high. He said he finds this only in people who drink. I do not drink, and never have. He said the only other
Writing in the new issue of Pediatrics, the journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics, health officials issued new recommendations regarding a variety of childhood vaccines.
Patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) with advanced fibrosis or cirrhosis have a lower incidence of liver-related complications and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) than patients infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV), according to the pros
Alcohol can worsen the effects of disease. New research shows that alcohol modulates the anti-viral and inflammatory functions of monocytes. Prolonged alcohol consumption has a double negative effect of reducing the anti-viral effect of Type 1 interferon