Autoimmune hepatitis quietly damages the liver for years before symptoms appear; specialists in Kenya warn of late diagnoses and urge early medical checks. [File, Standard] When people think about ...

Unbearable itching, crushing fatigue and years on “standby” waiting for a liver transplant became this 43-year-old divemaster ...

Robyn Nobel was a fit and healthy 27-year-old student when she learned that her tiredness was actually a sign of a killer ...

The prevalence of type 2 diabetes in patients with autoimmune liver disease was 27.6%. Type 2 diabetes seems to reduce the risk of primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC), and primary biliary cholangitis ...

Autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) is a complex, chronic inflammatory liver disorder in which the body's immune system aberrantly targets hepatocytes, leading to progressive hepatic injury. Characterised by ...

The principle of therapy for chronic inflammatory liver diseases is the removal of causal agents. For autoimmune liver diseases, however, total removal of causal agents and immune cells is impossible.

—A recent study provides genetic evidence linking a higher body mass index (BMI) to an increased risk of primary biliary cholangitis and autoimmune hepatitis but a decreased risk of primary sclerosing ...

Wilbur said he only has “a couple of years” left if he is unable to find a donor.

The prevalence of AILD and IBD supports the gut-liver axis theory. Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and autoimmune liver disease (AILD) prevalence are significantly correlated, according to a study in ...

New research from the University of Kansas shows a "risk gene" linked to higher odds of developing autoimmune diseases such ...

Amy McGorry, 56, had been searching for a living liver donor after years of battling two chronic autoimmune diseases. The ...

NewsdayTV's Amy McGorry lives with autoimmune hepatitis and primary biliary cholangitis, which have damaged her liver ...