Alcohol-related liver disease has more than doubled in the U.S. over the last 20 years. The increase is tied to four groups that make up a greater share of heavy drinkers than they did two decades ago ...

While you’re drinking, alcohol causes blood vessels to dilate, bringing blood to the surface of the skin. That’s why people ...

Alcohol use has been on the rise during the coronavirus pandemic. Landree Sarata was just 31 years old when she was diagnosed with end-stage liver failure after drinking nearly daily for the past ...

The liver is essential for digestion, metabolism, detoxification, and fluid regulation. While alcohol abuse is a known cause of liver disease, affecting 4.7% of U.S. adults, non-alcoholic fatty liver ...

The human liver possesses remarkable resilience, processing toxins and filtering blood with extraordinary efficiency. However, this vital organ has distinct limits when confronted with alcohol ...

Deaths from liver diseases that result from consuming too much alcohol are escalating dramatically in Wisconsin, and even more alarming, such diseases are showing up more in younger people. The ...

Dr. Jennifer Flemming said there is an “urgent need” to identify risk groups and intervene with treatment and disease management Cara Lynn Shultz is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. Her work has ...

As many Coloradans wrap up Dry January and prepare for Super Bowl Sunday, UCHealth is warning about a troubling trend.

In a recent post on X, hepatologist Dr. Cyriac Abby Philips, popularly known as TheLiverDoc, highlighted a critical but widely misunderstood fact: the most common chronic liver disease worldwide is ...