Liver transplant surgery involves replacing an unhealthy liver with a healthy one from a living or deceased donor. Recovery can take up to 1 year, and 5-year survival rates can be as high as 75%. A ...

If you’ve received a liver cancer diagnosis, your treatment options depend on several factors. Surgery is sometimes but not always the best treatment option. Your doctor will stage your cancer ...

Recent medical research has uncovered a significant connection between obesity and liver health, with excess weight being a primary contributor to various liver conditions. This relationship has led ...

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 ...

Tom Duncan is now cancer-free after his daughter Kelly donated a portion of her liver ...

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 ...

Virginia Beach teacher begins recovery after successful liver transplant, with her firefighter husband donating 60% of his ...

Not all fatty liver cases are linked to alcohol. Experts warn that non-alcoholic fatty liver disease can progress silently ...