The state House of Representatives Health Committee has approved legislation adding Duchenne muscular dystrophy and Gaucher ...

Researchers have resurrected an ancient gene humans lost tens of millions of years ago — and it may offer a powerful new way to fight gout and related metabolic diseases. Credit: Shutterstock Gout is ...

Scientists discovered that alcohol activates a sugar-producing pathway in the body, creating fructose that may reinforce ...

The liver plays a central role in storing and supplying energy to the body. In type 2 diabetes and metabolic ...

A striking rise in deaths from alcohol-related liver disease (ALD) is disproportionately impacting people without a college ...

A new study suggests that the cholesterol-regulating protein PCSK9 may serve as a sensitive early biomarker for autoimmune ...

New review shows statins remain first-line therapy in MASLD, while PCSK9 inhibitors offer potential but require more evidence. Learn more about evolving treatment guidance.

At the Liver Meeting sponsored by the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, investigators presented new insights into how the immune makeup of fibrotic tissue may influence ...

Your skin acts as a vital health indicator, with changes like butterfly rashes, velvet plaques, or tripe palms signaling potential autoimmune diseases, diabetes, or even cancer. Recognizing these ...

Healthy human red blood cells (RBCs) gradually degrade over their lifespan of ~120 days. However, sickle cells - RBCs from sickle cell disease (SCD) patients - degrade much faster within their ...

FLC is a rare liver cancer that affects approximately 500 people each year in the United States, typically healthy adolescents and young adults, explains lead study author Marina Baretti, M.D., an ...