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 ...

Importantly, stomach cancer is also being diagnosed in an increasing number of younger people -- that is, those younger than 50. In 2019, these cancers -- also called early-onset -- accounted for ...

The European Society for Medical Oncology "Living Guideline" for Gastric Cancer suggests that narrow-band imaging or chromoendoscopy may be used in addition to magnifying endoscopy to allow detailed ...

A female infant presented with a month-long history of dry cough, along with two episodes of fever and increased work of ...

The U.S. FDA recently approved a new blood test to diagnose Alzheimer’s disease. The test, called Lumipulse, measures two proteins in plasma: pTau217 and ß-Amyloid 1-42. These proteins clump together ...

A new study from Karolinska Institutet, published in the journal The BMJ, shows how a simple blood analysis can predict the risk of developing severe liver disease. The method may already start to be ...

Researchers in Sweden and Finland have created the CORE model, a simple blood test that predicts liver disease risk with striking accuracy. Unlike current methods, it works for the general population ...

It’s a relatively simple maneuver, but it has the potential to reveal clues about a possible heart issue. So what exactly does the “thumb test” entail, and what should people know about it? Below, ...

Doctors in China say they transplanted a genetically modified pig liver into a 71-year-old man who lived 171 days after the procedure, and 38 of those days were with the pig organ in place – a first ...

According to the American Liver Foundation, about 100 million people in the United States are estimated to have Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease or fatty liver disease. While ...

Share on Pinterest Consuming a little over 1 can of diet or regular soda per day may increase liver disease risk, a new study suggests. Image credit: SKC/Stocksy Diet versions of beverages are often ...