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 ...

Elevated liver enzymes may mean a person’s liver is not working properly. Common causes include fatty liver disease and cirrhosis. Managing these conditions will help treat high enzyme levels. Doctors ...

Your liver is working overtime right now, processing everything from your morning coffee to last night’s dinner, but it might be sending you desperate distress signals that you’re completely missing.

Dear Dr. Roach: I’m a generally healthy 73-year-old man. I recently had blood work done and was incidentally noted to have high liver tests (ALT and AST). My doctor ordered a sonogram, which said that ...

When it comes to most body parts, if there’s a problem, you know it. If a bone breaks, you feel it. If your gut becomes inflamed, you can expect some unpleasant G.I. symptoms. But your liver is a ...

I reassured him and sent him to get another blood specimen drawn without a tourniquet. Why? Because I suspected that the ...

Powders are a convenient way to reach your recommended daily intake (RDA) of protein, but they also make it easier to overconsume this macronutrient, potentially causing problems with your liver and ...

Persistently elevated liver enzymes may be caused by certain types of cancer, including liver, colon, breast, stomach, pancreas, and skin cancers. Liver enzymes are proteins produced by your liver.

Adverse drug reactions -- what most of us call side effects -- can range from annoying (headaches) to debilitating (diarrhea, vomiting) to deadly. And certain drugs -- especially psychiatric and ...