Meanwhile, inactive muscle and brown fat use little energy: One pound (0.45 kilogram) of relaxed muscle burns 6 calories and ...

A few days after their 33rd anniversary, Mack and Susan Leggett were celebrating with a cake topped with a silver “20” and red icing in the shape of a liver, ...

Dean Obernesser, a retired U.S. Marshal and lifelong advocate for his community, urgently needs a living liver donor to ...

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Guam Regional Medical City is excited to announce the addition of Dr. Supannee "Jill' Rassameehiran, a board-certified ...

Liver diseases are any diseases that affect the functioning of the liver. Liver diseases can be inherited (such as Wilson disease and alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency) or acquired (for example ...

The anatomy and segmentation of pig livers differ ... resulting in completely different layouts and positions of the liver within the body. Positioning a pig liver appropriately within the human ...

Cirrhosis is the severe scarring or fibrosis of the liver. It happens in the late stage of liver disease and other conditions that involve liver damage. The scarring that occurs with cirrhosis is ...

Conjoined twins Abby and Brittany Hensel have shared a new video that describes how they "have defied the odds" and are thriving "despite their unique anatomy ... one liver, one small intestine ...

"Despite their unique anatomy," the video's narrator concluded, "Abby and Brittany have defied the odds, living full, active lives through cooperation and extraordinary coordination. Their story ...

Cytological studies of the liver of the mouse following partial hepatectomy suggest that the recovery period should be divided into two phases. First, there is a stage of rapid restoration of liver ...