Researchers in China have developed and validated a new prediction model that can help distinguish pregnant women with intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy (ICP) who…
Cholestasis
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Cholestasis is a medical term that’s used to describe a slowing or stalling of bile flow out of the liver. Bile is a yellow-greenish fluid produced by the liver that helps to break down certain fatty molecules and proteins into smaller pieces during digestion. It also carries certain waste products from the liver into the intestines to be excreted in feces.
Cholestasis treatment options aim to restore the normal flow of the digestive fluid bile through the bile ducts, a series of tubes that carry the sticky yellow-greenish fluid out of the liver where it's made and to the small intestine.
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A global clinical trial testing Mirum Pharmaceuticals’ oral therapy maralixibat in people with itching, or pruritus, due to rare cholestatic conditions has finished…
Long-term exposure to particles produced from cooking grilled meat can trigger liver damage and cholestasis — slowing or stalling of the digestive fluid bile…
