While jaundice is a fairly common symptom of gallbladder cancer, persistent severe itchy skin, without known causes, too ...

The liver plays a crucial role in the human body. It acts as the body’s natural detoxifier, filtering out toxins from the ...

Red palms, itchy skin, or swollen fingertips could signal fatty liver disease, even if you don’t drink alcohol. Experts say ...

Fatty liver can develop silently, but some changes in the hands are depicted as an early sign of fatty liver conditions.

Adding bile acids as farnesoid X receptor agonists to the culture medium supported the growth and development of unique stem ...

Hepatitis, characterized by liver inflammation, arises from viral infections, alcohol, or autoimmune issues. Common symptoms ...

Researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) have developed a simple sensor that is cost-effective and can enable ...

Ox bile and bile salts are both used to aid in the digestion and absorption of fats. However, ox bile is derived from the bile of cows, while bile salts are synthesized in a laboratory.

MUMBAI: In an extremely rare and medically complex case, a 72-year-old woman was found to have a biliary stent inside her liver that had calcified into a stone-like structure after being left in ...

The presence in bile of supramolecular assemblies of lipids (mixed micelles), organic compounds and salts in such a disproportionate rate, makes the direct analysis of crude bile samples by ...

Bile salts The authors of a 2022 review article suggest that liver disease can increase bile salts, which then gather under the skin, resulting in pruritus. The body makes bile salts from bile acids.