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Racial differences in waiting list placement improved in states that expanded Medicaid.

Many people with fatty liver disease have obesity, diabetes and other metabolic conditions.

People with advanced liver cirrhosis are at greater risk for severe COVID-19 illness and death.

Veteran bluesman Curtis Salgado was told his liver cancer would kill him in six months. That was 14 years ago.

Transplants due to hepatitis C have dropped dramatically, especially among people with liver cancer.

The 39-year-old mother was well known online for her posts detailing her diagnosis and fight for treatment.

Rick George credits his spiritual life with seeing him through multiple health crises, including liver cancer.

Analysts say marketing really doesn’t provide full information about the quality and cost of services.

A review of the major findings presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases in San Francisco

Researchers analyzed a cohort of South Koreans taking Viread (tenofovir disoproxil fumarate) or Baraclude (entecavir) for hepatitis B.

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease can lead to cirrhosis and liver cancer.

Hepatitis B and C are declining as causes of liver cancer and liver transplants.

Recommendations now include multiple systemic medications in addition to surgery and local therapies.

At a major transplant center in Indiana, despite similar levels of liver disease severity, Blacks had a lower transplant rate than whites.

In 2000 Lawrence Bologna learned that he had a small growing tumor on his liver.