Liver & Gallbladder Health
Jaundice: Causes, Symptoms & When to See a Doctor
Your red blood cells live for about 120 days. After that, your body breaks them down. During this process, a protein called …
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Autoimmune Hepatitis: Symptoms, Causes & Treatment
In a healthy body, the immune system fights off viruses, bacteria, and other threats. However, in autoimmune hepatitis, the immune …
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Liver Health: What Your Liver Does and How to Protect It
Your liver health matters more than most people realize. The liver is the second-heaviest organ in the body, weighing up to 1.5 …
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Liver Disease Risk Factors Every Canadian Should Know
Your liver is one of the hardest-working organs in your body. Understanding liver disease risk factors is one of the most …
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Fatty Liver Disease: Causes, Symptoms & Treatment
Your liver is one of the hardest-working organs in your body. It produces, stores, and processes fats to keep you healthy.
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Fatty Liver Disease: Symptoms, Causes & Natural Support
Fatty liver disease — known medically as hepatic steatosis — is a condition where fat, mainly in the form of triglycerides, builds …
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Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: Causes & Symptoms
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease is an umbrella term for a range of liver conditions caused by excess fat in the liver. It is not …
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Congenital Hepatic Fibrosis: Symptoms & Treatment
In this condition, fibrous (scar) tissue grows both on the surface and inside the liver. This scarring interferes with how the …
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Hepatic Encephalopathy: Causes, Symptoms & Treatment
The liver performs hundreds of jobs in your body. One of its most important roles is filtering out harmful substances — such as …
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Biliary Dyskinesia: Causes, Symptoms & Treatment
Your gallbladder is a small, pear-shaped organ that sits under your liver. Its job is to collect, store, and concentrate bile — …
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Cholestasis: Causes, Symptoms & Bile Duct Drainage
Bile is a digestive fluid made and released by the liver. It travels through a network of tube-like structures called bile ducts …
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Gallbladder: Function, Problems & Treatments
Your gallbladder is a small, pear-shaped organ tucked just beneath your liver, on the upper right side of your abdomen.
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Cholecystitis: Causes, Symptoms & Treatment
Your gallbladder normally releases bile into your small intestine to help break down fatty foods.
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Gallbladder Removal Surgery: What Canadians Should Know
Your gallbladder is a small organ, roughly 7 to 10 centimetres long and 4 centimetres wide.
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Liver Cirrhosis: Causes, Symptoms & Treatment
Liver cirrhosis happens when fibrous (scar) tissue builds up inside the liver over many years.
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Primary Biliary Cholangitis: Causes, Symptoms & Treatment
Primary biliary cholangitis is an autoimmune disease. This means the body’s immune system mistakenly attacks healthy tissue — in …
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Liver Cirrhosis: Causes, Symptoms & Complications
Your liver is the largest organ inside your body. It performs hundreds of tasks that keep you alive and healthy every single day.
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Biliary Atresia: Symptoms, Causes & Treatment
Biliary atresia affects roughly 1 in 10,000 newborns. It appears to be slightly more common in girls than boys.
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Biliary Atresia: Symptoms, Treatment & Outlook
Your liver produces a digestive fluid called bile. Bile travels through a network of tubes called bile ducts and flows into the …
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Ascites: Causes, Symptoms & Treatment in Canada
Your abdominal cavity is lined by a thin, two-layered membrane called the peritoneum. Normally, the space between these two layers …
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Anemia in Liver Cirrhosis: Causes and Symptoms
Liver cirrhosis is a chronic, progressive disease where healthy liver tissue is gradually replaced by scar tissue.
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Foods Bad for Your Liver — and Healthy Swaps
Your liver is one of the hardest-working organs in your body. Knowing which foods are bad for your liver — and what to eat instead …
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Liver Abscess: Causes, Symptoms & Treatment
A liver abscess is a pocket of pus that forms inside the liver due to a bacterial infection.