Fatty Liver

Carolyn Gretton

The evening habit that increases serious liver trouble by 30%

Your liver could pay a price for something a lot of us do almost every evening. A study involving nearly 200,000 people uncovered a troubling connection to serious liver disease. The encouraging news? A surprisingly simple change may help protect this vital organ.

Margaret Cantwell

What depression, sleep apnea and migraines may reveal about your liver

Depression, sleep apnea and migraines may seem to have little in common. But their surprising connection to a silent health problem affecting nearly 30% of adults worldwide challenges what we thought we knew about who’s most at risk.

Joyce Hollman

What coffee drinkers had hiding in their livers

Coffee has been linked to liver health before. This time, however, researchers saw changes in blood proteins, alongside findings inside the liver itself, that make the connection much harder to dismiss…

Joyce Hollman

The metabolic link between microplastics and fatty liver

Microplastics are nearly impossible to avoid. But research suggests they may do the most damage when they encounter a liver already struggling with fat, inflammation and poor metabolic health. Here’s how to strengthen your defenses and reduce your exposure.

Joyce Hollman

This occasional drinking habit may triple the odds of liver scarring

You may not drink every day, or even every week. Or maybe you do. But there’s the occasional special weekend when you have a few. Is that a problem? If you have certain metabolic risk factors, it could be — especially for your liver.

Joyce Hollman

The diet that sheds pounds and keeps your brain from shrinking

Studies have shown it doubles weight loss, slows brain aging and brain atrophy and decreases liver fat. It could be the one diet to answer all our problems. Here’s how to go “green” for a big brain and slimmer waist and liver…