What you need to know A 58 year old man presents to his general practitioner (GP) to discuss recent blood test results after ...

Liver enzymes are proteins in your liver that speed up chemical reactions. If your liver is damaged, blood tests will show abnormally high levels of these enzymes circulating in your bloodstream.

Have you ever been told during a medical check-up that you need a liver function test and felt puzzled by terms like ALT, AST, and Total Bilirubin? You're not alone. Many people are unfamiliar with ...

Like most chronic liver diseases, in NAFLD there is a long period during which an individual patient remains essentially asymptomatic. In asymptomatic individuals, the diagnosis is often made when a ...

A 42-year-old man presents with low-grade fever, anorexia, dark urine, light-colored stools, and right upper quadrant aching discomfort of 2 weeks' duration. He indicates that he has consumed a pint ...

Altered liver function markers appeared associated with Alzheimer’s disease diagnosis and impaired memory and executive function, as well as amyloid-, tau and neurodegenerative biomarkers of Alzheimer ...

A new study shows a strong link between altered liver function and the development of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). This correlates with recent data on the role played by diseases affecting the systemic ...