Even 1 drink a day elevates your cancer risk – an expert on how alcohol affects the body breaks down a new government report

The government linked alcohol with seven types of cancers, prompting the US surgeon general to call for warning labels on beer, wine and liquor.

Nikki Crowley, Assistant Professor of Biology, Biomedical Engineering and Pharmacology, Penn State • conversation
Jan. 10, 2025 ~9 min

New tool could improve liver cancer detection

"This clinical score provides primary care clinicians with a straightforward tool to assess whether to be concerned about liver cancer..."

Yale • futurity
Nov. 18, 2024 ~7 min


Diet and exercise reverse liver damage

"Our findings suggest liver disease doesn't have to be a chronic, progressive condition."

Rochita Ghosh-U. Missouri • futurity
Oct. 10, 2024 ~4 min

Diabetes and obesity can damage the liver to the point of failure – but few people know their risk of developing liver disease

Though a leading cause of liver transplants and an increasing number of young people being diagnosed with the disease, few people have heard of MASLD.

Madona Azar, Associate Professor of Medicine, UMass Chan Medical School • conversation
July 22, 2024 ~9 min

Liver damage from stress and aging may be reversible

A study in mice has revealed how aging prompts certain liver cells to die off. Researchers could also reverse the process.

Sarah Avery-Duke • futurity
July 8, 2024 ~6 min

Rare liver cancer has surprising origins

"These findings have the potential to both reveal the pathways of a broad range of cancers and offer new treatment possibilities."

Rockefeller University • futurity
June 24, 2024 ~8 min

Alcohol use disorder can be treated with an array of medications – but few people have heard of them

Alcohol is responsible for more deaths than overdoses from opioids and all other substances combined, yet less than 10% of people with alcohol use disorder receive treatment.

Joseph P. Schacht, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus • conversation
May 20, 2024 ~12 min

Heat stress has damaging impact on older adults’ vital organs

Heat stress can have a devastating effect on older adults' vital organs, including the gut, liver, and brain, researchers report.

Brianna Aldrich-UC Irvine • futurity
May 9, 2024 ~4 min


100-year-old TB vaccine shrinks liver tumors in mice

In a new study, a single dose of the vaccine for tuberculosis cut liver tumor burden and extended the survival of mice with liver cancer.

Nadine Yehya - UC Davis • futurity
Feb. 23, 2024 ~6 min

Drug discovery paves way for pancreatic cancer clinical trial

Laboratory findings have set the stage for a clinical trial investigating a drug for pancreatic cancer that has spread to the liver.

Leslie Orr-Rochester • futurity
Nov. 17, 2023 ~6 min

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