Research has revealed a steep increase in liver disease in recent years. Meanwhile, there is growing evidence of health harms ...

Scientists have now discovered how alcohol can switch off an immune "alarm system" in the gut, allowing bad bacteria to escape their natural habitat to flood into the liver, rapidly causing ...

There has been a debate forever over whether alcohol consumption is safe, and if so, what quantity is acceptable? According to the most recent World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines, no level of ...

Mayo Clinic researchers have identified how excessive alcohol use can drive the development of fatty liver disease. The culprit is a disruption of a protein-recycling enzyme (VCP), which normally ...

New research reveals why alcohol-damaged livers cannot heal themselves. Liver cells get stuck in a repair limbo, unable to fully regenerate. RNA splicing problems and a missing protein, ESRP2, prevent ...

Alcohol-related liver diseases are rising in people under 40 — with cases specifically surging in young women, new research indicates. According to a report published in the Journal of the American ...

Isabella Cueto covers the leading causes of death and disability: chronic diseases. Her focus includes autoimmune conditions and diseases of the lungs, kidneys, liver (and more). She writes about ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) — New research suggests that alcohol consumption is linked to various health concerns, particularly for women. Dr. Yan Jiang of the TriHealth Cancer Institute highlighted findings ...

Alcohol affects men and women very differently, especially women dependent on alcohol. For five years, the Yale Program on Sex Differences in Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD), headed by Dr. Sherry McKee, ...

Dr. Jennifer Flemming said there is an “urgent need” to identify risk groups and intervene with treatment and disease management Cara Lynn Shultz is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. Her work has ...