A doctor explains what the latest research on alcohol teaches us about its effects on physical health and mental health; ...

Refraining from drinking alcohol can help stop alcoholic fatty liver disease (AFLD) from progressing and potentially reverse the condition. AFLD is liver damage resulting from excess alcohol ...

Alcoholic liver disease (ALD) encompasses liver damage caused by chronic, excessive alcohol consumption. It manifests initially as marked hepatocellular steatosis and can progress to steatohepatitis, ...

Heavy drinking over 10 years or more can greatly increase your risk of cirrhosis. But the more you drink, the more quickly cirrhosis may develop. Your genetics may also play a role. Alcohol affects ...

Alcohol use has been on the rise during the coronavirus pandemic. Landree Sarata was just 31 years old when she was diagnosed with end-stage liver failure after drinking nearly daily for the past ...

Liver damage from alcohol-associated liver disease may be possibly reversible in its early stages. In all stages, alcohol cessation is considered critical to overall outlook. Alcohol-associated liver ...

Alcoholic cirrhosis is the severe, final stage of alcohol-associated liver disease, resulting from long-term heavy alcohol consumption. The disease involves permanent scarring of the liver, which ...

Your liver silently performs hundreds of essential functions daily, from filtering toxins to supporting digestion and metabolism. Yet this resilient organ faces a formidable adversary in alcohol. The ...

This article was published on KFF Health News. Excessive drinking during the COVID-19 pandemic increased alcoholic liver disease deaths so much that the condition killed more Californians than car ...

Fatty liver disease (also called steatotic liver disease) happens when too much fat builds up in your liver. It can be caused by high alcohol use or metabolic syndrome (a group of conditions like ...

Dr. Jennifer Flemming said there is an “urgent need” to identify risk groups and intervene with treatment and disease management Cara Lynn Shultz is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. Her work has ...