A single meatless meal has the power to lower ammonia levels in cirrhosis patients, crucial for combating this debilitating ...

Cystic lesions in the liver are common and usually benign in patients where there are no hepatic malignant risk factors, no history of malignancy, no exposure to hydatids and no cirrhosis.

Liver patients with cirrhosis should know that making positive changes in their diet doesn’t have to be overwhelming or ...

Multiple organ failure (MOF), also known as multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (MODS), is a severe and often ...

Just one meal without meat can lower levels of harmful ammonia in people with advanced liver disease, researchers from ...

As noted above, stellate cell activation is the central event in hepatic fibrosis. Activation consists of 2 major phases: (1) initiation (also called apreinflammatory stage) and (2) perpetuation ...

The preliminary results of a study by researchers at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) at the Richmond Veterans Affairs ...

Ammonia can even travel to the brain and trigger confusion or delirium, the researchers noted. That's called hepatic ...

VCU School of Medicine, Richmond VA Medical Center researchers discover that replacing meat with plant-based proteins for one meal lowers harmful ammonia levels.

High levels of ammonia in the blood are linked to cirrhosis and a type of cognitive decline called hepatic encephalopathy.

Researchers explored the associations between abdominal fat depots and cognition and brain volume, as well as whether sex influences this association.