Your liver plays a vital role in your metabolism, the biological process which converts food into energy. We know that being overweight can negatively affect metabolic activity, but not exactly how.

A1C, LDL, HDL… the number of medical abbreviations you might see on your patient portal is enough to make you think your doctor speaks an entirely different language. Two such acronyms you may be less ...

Many people discover they have fatty liver disease during a routine health check-up. They walk into a clinic for a regular ...

An at-home liver test can check for liver disease or help monitor an ongoing condition by measuring certain proteins, enzymes, and bilirubin in your blood. Taking this test can help shed light on the ...

Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a medical condition where fat builds up in your liver. It’s a very common condition found in about a quarter of all American adults. But when it happens ...

An illustration of the results of the trans-omic analysis. Allosteric regulation, which controls metabolism, decreased in typical mice during feeding (thin blue arrow, left) and increased during ...