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Long-term exposure to air pollution from traffic, even at relatively low concentrations, may increase the risk of fatty liver disease, according to a new…

Children with biliary atresia who have higher blood levels of the matrix metalloproteinase 7 (MMP-7) and alkaline phosphatase (ALP) enzymes at the time of…

A virtual clinic for liver diseases, including hepatitis, has begun treating patients. The LiverRight Hepatology Clinic offers same-week video visits to adults who…

Testing positive for the self-reactive anti-gp210 and anti-centromeric antibodies significantly increases the risk of poor liver-related outcomes for people with primary biliary cholangitis (PBC),…

February is Rare Liver Diseases Month, and the Global Liver Institute (GLI) is promoting a series of activities and events to raise awareness…

Weight loss surgery significantly lowers the risk of serious liver complications among obese people with cirrhosis, or irreversible liver scarring and damage, due to metabolic…

Treatment with Livmarli (maralixibat) is effective for relieving itch in adolescents with Alagille syndrome, according to a new analysis of previous clinical trials.

Babies born extremely prematurely who were given a dose of the hepatitis B virus (HBV) vaccine within a day of being born were not…

A predictive tool that incorporates several blood biomarkers may help to identify primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) patients who are less likely to respond to treatment…

A genetic variant unique to East Asians increases the risk of intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy (ICP) by more than 16 times, but it likely…