East Rock seventh graders Leia and Lesly suited up in gloves and eye protection to pierce through the unexpectedly tough skin ...

You may feel pain in the area of your liver, which is in the upper right abdomen. It may also be in the back, shoulders, or neck. How can I tell the difference between gallbladder pain and liver pain?

The liver, located in the upper right side of ... and dominates the space beneath your rib cage. The gallbladder is tucked into the hollow underneath, with the stomach, right kidney, and intestine ...

People with high levels of cholesterol or salts in their bile have an increased risk of developing gallbladder polyps. The liver produces bile and stores it in the gallbladder. The gallbladder’s ...

Akero Therapeutics reported Monday strong results from a nearly two-year, placebo-controlled study showing its drug efruxifermin reversed liver scarring in patients with cirrhosis caused by the ...

Primary biliary cirrhosis destroys the bile duct, which is the tube that carries the digestive fluid (bile) from your liver to your gallbladder and intestine. Doctors treat autoimmune hepatitis ...

The movie is nominated for 10 Academy Awards. By Mekado Murphy ‘The Substance’ | Anatomy of a Scene The writer and director Coralie Fargeat narrates a sequence from her film starring Demi Moore.

Feb. 6, 2025 — The research found that heavy drinkers with either diabetes, high blood pressure or a high waist circumference are as much as 2.4 times more likely to develop advanced liver ...

Sarah Burris is a long-time veteran of political campaigns, having worked as a fundraiser and media director across the United States. She transitioned into reporting while working for Rock the ...

Carrie Madormo, RN, MPH, is a health writer. She has over a decade of experience as a registered nurse, practicing in a variety of fields, such as pediatrics, oncology, chronic pain, and public ...

Liver diseases are any diseases that affect the functioning of the liver. Liver diseases can be inherited (such as Wilson disease and alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency) or acquired (for example ...

Anatomy is the field of biology that studies the structure of living things. Anatomy focuses on the composition, structure and location of the parts of organisms tissues, organs and systems ...