Liver Failure: Causes, Symptoms, & Treatments Finding out that you have a problem with your liver can be a scary thing, but it’s surprisingly more common than people realize. In the United States alone, some 30 million people are afflicted with some type of...
Where is the Liver? Your liver is a large organ located mainly in the upper right section of your abdomen. It is located just below the diaphragm. The diaphragm is the muscular tissue that separates the chest and the abdomen. The liver is the largest solid organ in...
Like the humble spleen, your gallbladder goes about its business unnoticed for most of your life. When it is healthy, this four-inch long organ hides under your liver doing its job without causing a fuss—or giving a warning that something might be wrong. All this...
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the result of excess fat buildup in the liver, not directly related to alcohol consumption. Career alcoholics and those who drink heavily are predisposed to fatty liver and liver disease, but their condition is as a result...
