Liver Disease

Bowel Movement Health

Your bathroom habits provide insights on your overall health, study finds

Women who consume sugary drinks every day are at higher risk for liver cancer, study finds

Sugary drinks liver disease

Limiting fast food intake can reduce the risk of liver damage

Fast food Liver Disease

Drinking surged early in the pandemic; Alcohol-related deaths, liver disease followed

Alcohol use COVID-19

Drinking coffee reduces risk of liver disease and cancer, study shows

Coffee Liver

Children's Health

High-sugar diets put kids at increased risk for liver disease, experts say

High sugar diet

Alcoholic liver disease cases have spiked during the pandemic, especially among young women

alcoholic liver disease pandemic

Fatty liver disease – which often goes undiagnosed — increases risk for severe COVID-19, experts say

Fatty Liver Disease and COVID

Number of millennials diagnosed with hepatitis C has nearly quadrupled in 10 years

Hep C cases surge

Deaths from alcohol-related liver disease keep climbing – as American life expectancy keeps falling

Alcohol-related liver disease deaths

The thrill of curing hepatitis C and the pain of watching the disease surge with opioid abuse

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Study: More young Americans are dying of liver disease caused by alcoholism

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Two cups of joe cut risk of liver disease in half, study finds

Obesity could threaten the liver more than alcohol

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Why high-intensity workouts may make people feel less hungry

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Teens who get surgery for obesity retain weight-loss reductions 10 years later

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Standing for long periods can be bad for your health – just like sitting, study finds

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