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Results 1 - 10 of 101 for liver
  1. Liver Diseases (National Library of Medicine)  
    Your liver is the largest organ inside your body. It helps your body digest food, store energy, and remove poisons. There are many kinds of liver diseases: Diseases caused by viruses, such as hepatitis ...
  2. Fatty Liver Disease (National Library of Medicine)  
    What is fatty liver disease? Your liver is the largest organ inside your body. It helps your body digest food, store energy, and remove poisons. Fatty liver disease is ...
  3. Liver Transplantation (National Library of Medicine)  
    Your liver is the largest organ inside your body. It helps your body digest food, store energy, and remove poisons. You cannot live without a liver that works. If your liver fails, your doctor ...
  4. Liver Cancer (National Library of Medicine)  
    Your liver is the largest organ inside your body. It helps your body digest food, store energy, and remove poisons. Primary liver cancer starts in the liver. Metastatic liver cancer ...
  5. Cirrhosis (National Library of Medicine)  
    Cirrhosis is scarring of the liver. Scar tissue forms because of injury or long-term disease. Scar tissue cannot do what healthy liver tissue does - make protein, ...
  6. Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency (National Library of Medicine)  
    ... condition that raises your risk for lung and liver disease. If you have this condition, your body ... 1 antitrypsin (AAT). AAT is made by your liver. It helps protect your lungs from inflammation and ...
  7. Hepatitis (National Library of Medicine)  
    What is hepatitis? Hepatitis is inflammation of the liver. Inflammation is swelling that happens when tissues of ... are injured or infected. It can damage your liver. This swelling and damage can affect how well ...
  8. Hepatitis B (National Library of Medicine)  
    What is hepatitis? Hepatitis is inflammation of the liver. Inflammation is swelling that happens when tissues of ... are injured or infected. It can damage your liver. This swelling and damage can affect how well ...
  9. Hepatitis C (National Library of Medicine)  
    ... is hepatitis C? Hepatitis is inflammation of the liver. Inflammation is swelling that happens when tissues of ... a lifetime and cause serious health problems, including liver damage, cirrhosis (scarring of the liver), liver cancer, ...
  10. Bile Duct Cancer (National Library of Medicine)  
    Your liver makes a digestive juice called bile. Your gallbladder stores it between meals. When you eat, your gallbladder ... helps break down fat. It also helps the liver get rid of toxins and wastes. Bile duct ...
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