Background and Aim: Living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) has particular advantages for Turkey where hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is the most common cause of cirrhosis, both because LDLT ...

Phase 3 results presented today at The International Liver Congress™ 2015 show that a combination of daclatasvir (DCV), sofosbuvir (SOF) and ribavirin (RBV) for 12 weeks was effective and well ...

It's the gift of life times two. Innovative technology allowed North Texas doctors to use one donated liver for two different ...

Poor nutrition is common in patients with liver failure, or cirrhosis, and it can lead to muscle wasting, weakness, fatigue, and worse outcomes before and after patients undergo liver transplantation.

A Youngstown, Ohio, native who won a national championship at the University of Miami, Kosar played for the Browns from 1985 ...

Cleveland Browns legend Bernie Kosar is hospitalized again after a liver transplant. Despite health challenges, including ...

Bernie Kosar received a liver transplant on Monday, more than a year after being placed on the waiting list. Kosar told ...

A new experiment has seen a genetically modified pig liver keep a human patient alive, marking a potential turning point in ...

Alcoholic cirrhosis is the severe, final stage of alcohol-associated liver disease, resulting from long-term heavy alcohol consumption. The disease involves permanent scarring of the liver, which ...

Cryptogenic cirrhosis is liver scarring that occurs without a known cause. It can cause fatigue, appetite loss, weight loss, swelling, and jaundice and may lead to irreversible liver damage. The liver ...

People under 45 have been driving an increase in liver-related deaths, especially those caused by alcohol. But a sliver of that young adult population is being hit disproportionately hard by ...