Resection of tumors in the caudate lobe (a deep, hard-to-reach part of the liver) is recognized as one of the most ...

A 56-year-old man with liver failure has become the first living person to be surgically connected to a genetically modified ...

Scientists have developed injectable "mini livers" that can replicate liver function, potentially buying time for those with liver disease.

More than 10,000 Americans are waiting for a liver transplant. Many more never make the list, because they are too sick to ...

Ernest House needed a liver transplant. But a heart condition was keeping him off the transplant list. “I would have died,” he says. “There's no doubt about that. My body was failing.” A former ...

Kelsey Adams is more committed than ever to becoming a nurse after recently being one of the first children in the country to benefit from a combination of medical procedures at Children’s Healthcare ...

Elizabeth Cooney is a cardiovascular disease reporter at STAT, covering heart, stroke, and metabolic conditions. You can reach Liz on Signal at LizC.22. Right now, patients with obesity and cirrhosis ...

A Cleveland Clinic study shows that patients with obesity and fatty liver-related cirrhosis who had bariatric (weight-loss) surgery significantly lowered their future risk of developing serious liver ...

When parts of the small intestine are diseased or die, the treatment can involve surgically removing the affected tissue. Although lifesaving, the procedure - referred to as a radical small bowel ...

Dr Fahad Afzal, consultant oncologist at Saifee Hospital, adds, “Liver cysts may sometimes be detected during follow-up scans ...