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 ...

You might want to reconsider hitting the drive-thru. In another stunning rebuke of a fast-food diet, researchers find it puts us at increased risk for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD)—even ...

A man who struggled with alcohol and drug addiction said a liver scan motivated him to start making healthier choices. Damian Millard, from Bath, was told his liver was not in good condition when he ...

When I was first invited for a liver FibroScan at The Liver Clinic in London, I wasn’t convinced it would be worth my while. I don’t drink that much; I’m active and eat pretty healthily. Surely there ...

OXFORD, England--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Perspectum ® ’s LiverMultiScan ® significantly enhanced patient understanding of chronic liver disease (CLD) care in a first-of-its-kind study published in the ...

The liver has the important function of clearing the body of toxins, and when it doesn’t work correctly it can be deadly. Testing for liver disease used to entail a painful needle biopsy. But now, new ...

Pain in your upper right belly a couple of hours after a large or fatty meal is one of the first signs that you may have gallstones. To figure it out, your doctor may want you to have a test called a ...

Scientists have developed a scan that could spot the early effect of liquor on liver and signs of liver-related illness. The new machine, which uses technology similar to ultrasound, can assess the ...

DETROIT — Karl Dennis of Detroit is a Henry Ford Hospital patient who has had liver concerns that require a needle biopsy. "It feels like the air is being knocked out of you when that procedure is ...