Know your risks – and options – this National Liver Awareness Month
October is National Liver Awareness Month and Liver Cancer Awareness Month, and advocacy organizations across the U.S., including the American Liver Foundation (ALF), are…
October is National Liver Awareness Month and Liver Cancer Awareness Month, and advocacy organizations across the U.S., including the American Liver Foundation (ALF), are…
Supporters are gearing up for the 7th Annual PFIC Awareness Day on Oct. 5, with advocates behind the yearly event focused on improving public awareness,…
Newly identified mutations in the LSR gene were the likely cause of progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis (PFIC) in three unrelated children — two of whom…
Nesfatin-1 (NF-1), a hormone-like molecule that may ease cellular stress, reduced injury to the placenta in a mouse model of intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy…
Mutations in the LSR gene, including one previously unreported, were the likely cause of progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis (PFIC) in two young children in Turkey,…
While different types of progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis (PFIC) vary in their genetic cause and clinical profile, new medications like Bylvay (odevixibat) and Livmarli…
Problems in mitochondria, the cell’s powerhouses, may contribute to liver damage associated with cholestasis and represent a potential therapeutic target, a study showed. Deteriorating…
High maternal levels of liver damage markers in the blood can predict poor fetal outcomes in twin pregnancies affected by intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy…
A new artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm can help identify babies with genetic forms of cholestasis, including progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis (PFIC), using data from…
Low levels of vitamin D by-products, or metabolites, in the blood are indicative of more severe liver damage in cholestasis, according to a small…