Acute liver failure (ALF) in children differs from that observed in adults in both the etiologic spectrum and the clinical picture. Children, particularly very young ones, do not demonstrate ...

Acute liver failure is a condition wherein there’s loss of liver function in a matter of a few days or weeks. People who suffer from acute liver failure usually don’t have any preexisting ...

OBJECTIVE: Two female patients (18 and 30 y old, body mass indexes 14.1 and 13.2 kg/m2) with severe, restrictive anorexia nervosa developed sudden severe liver damage. In addition to overt protein ...

Liver disease is any disease that directly affects your liver. Unlike acute liver failure, which happens suddenly, liver disease progresses slowly over time. Some types of liver disease ...

During a sometimes contentious confirmation hearing, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. refused to confirm that he believes vaccines do ...

A cute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF) is a life-threatening condition characterized by acute deterioration of liver function in patients with pre-existing chronic liver disease. It is often ...

It was the day she gave birth to a son. Yet a Singaporean woman, surnamed Ho, 41, couldn't celebrate the occasion on Jan. 20 ...

A new study published in the Journal of Internal Medicine showed that acute pancreatitis (AP) is 9-times more likely to occur in people with alcohol-related liver disease (ALD). Overindulgence ...