Chicago-based Northwestern Medicine has built one of the country’s most ambitious transplant programs. Whether performing the first double lung-liver transplant in the U.S., eliminating all traces of ...
CHICAGO (WLS) -- As a new year approaches, many people are rethinking their habits, including how much alcohol they're drinking. Rush University Medical Center's Dr. Steven Flamm joined ABC7 on ...
Your vital organs are stressed during the festive season because of the round the clock celebrations. Find out about the dangers and how you can prevent them. As the year is coming to a close, loved ...
A health condition many people have never heard of has become one of the most common liver diseases in the United States. Metabolic dysfunction–associated steatotic liver disease, or MASLD, often ...
Dear Dr. Roach: I'm a generally healthy 73-year-old man. I recently had blood work done and was incidentally noted to have high liver tests (ALT and AST). My doctor ordered a sonogram, which said that ...
Dr Maryam Shaukat, 27, who had gone to the US from Pakistan for residency, died there on Sunday, just half an hour before a liver transplant after being treated in the hospital due to liver failure.
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. — A doctor at an Overland Park hospital made history performing the area’s first non-invasive liver tumor treatment. FOX4 spoke with the surgeon about how it works and the first ...
DEAR DR. ROACH: Our son passed away at 38 years old this past December with an end-stage alcohol-related liver disease. He had been sober for four years prior to this, but blood tests revealed that he ...
A surgeon accidentally killed a patient by removing his liver instead of his spleen, a lawsuit has claimed. Beverly Bryan is suing Florida's Ascension Sacred Heart Emerald Coast Hospital and Dr.
In medical circles, the liver is often hailed as the body’s most resilient organ, a biochemical marvel capable of processing toxins, producing vital proteins, and even regenerating itself. However, ...
The liver, that quiet workhorse of the human body, serves as both filtration system and metabolic powerhouse. Yet for many in the African American community, this vital organ faces disproportionate ...