Unbearable itching, crushing fatigue and years on “standby” waiting for a liver transplant became this 43-year-old divemaster ...

Autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) is a complex, chronic inflammatory liver disorder in which the body's immune system aberrantly targets hepatocytes, leading to progressive hepatic injury. Characterised by ...

Autoimmune hepatitis quietly damages the liver for years before symptoms appear; specialists in Kenya warn of late diagnoses and urge early medical checks. [File, Standard] When people think about ...

Robyn Nobel was a fit and healthy 27-year-old student when she learned that her tiredness was actually a sign of a killer ...

The principle of therapy for chronic inflammatory liver diseases is the removal of causal agents. For autoimmune liver diseases, however, total removal of causal agents and immune cells is impossible.

—A recent study provides genetic evidence linking a higher body mass index (BMI) to an increased risk of primary biliary cholangitis and autoimmune hepatitis but a decreased risk of primary sclerosing ...

The prevalence of type 2 diabetes in patients with autoimmune liver disease was 27.6%. Type 2 diabetes seems to reduce the risk of primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC), and primary biliary cholangitis ...

A University of Houston College of Pharmacy professor has published two studies offering a comprehensive look at chronic ...

Most of us know our blood type as a simple medical detail, something needed before a blood test or surgery. But emerging research suggests it might tell us more than we think, especially about our ...

A type of rare T cell triggers a cascade of signals amplifying inflammation and ultimately leading to liver fibrosis, ...

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