Noninvasive liver fibrosis scores are associated with increased heart failure risk, with FIB-4, NFS, and APRI showing significant correlations. Higher scores correlate with increased heart failure ...

Your liver performs over 500 essential functions every single day, yet most people remain completely unaware when this vital organ begins failing until damage reaches catastrophic levels that may be ...

Fatty liver disease (also called steatotic liver disease) happens when too much fat builds up in your liver. It can be caused by high alcohol use or metabolic syndrome (a group of conditions like ...

Using semaglutide injections, scientists were able to reverse life-threatening cases of liver disease in a new clinical trial published in The New England Journal of Medicine. Semaglutide, which is ...

Alcohol-induced hepatitis is liver damage caused by over-consuming alcohol. It can progress to severe liver scarring called cirrhosis if you continue alcohol use. Alcohol-induced hepatitis, formally ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Joshua Cohen is a Boston-based writer who covers health policy. Approximately 525,000 more deaths occurred in the United States in ...