Healthcare providers routinely check liver function to make sure this essential organ is functioning effectively. Liver enzymes are proteins that are made in your liver. Their job is to help your ...

Whenever you smoke cigarettes, vape, chew tobacco, or inhale secondhand cigarette smoke, nicotine is absorbed into your bloodstream. Enzymes in ... each person’s body metabolizes nicotine ...

Nonribosomal peptide synthetase (NRPS) enzymes are essential in creating important medications, such as penicillin and cyclosporine. This is done through a multi-step process where the enzymes ...

Dr. Lydia C. Alexander, president of the Obesity Medicine Association, tells TODAY.com. And while body shapes are largely driven by genetics, your overall health is influenced by much more ...

After you drink any kind of booze—vodka, wine, sake, you name it—enzymes in your ... Dr. Sarah Wakeman, senior medical director for substance-use disorder at Mass General Brigham. It can ...

Hadi Estakhri, MD — or Dr. E as his patients know him — is a double board-certified, Harvard-trained psychiatrist practicing at Allied Psychiatry and Mental Health in Newport Beach ...

Your body changes over time. But you can do things in your 30s to aid weight loss and promote overall health, such as prioritizing fruits and vegetables, finding a form of exercise you enjoy ...