Medically reviewed by Robert Burakoff, MD Fatty liver disease is a health condition in which fat builds up in the liver. This fat buildup can cause inflammation and, in severe cases, liver damage.

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 ...

Liver disease includes any condition that damages your liver. Over time, scar tissue can build up in your liver. Scarring or fibrosis can progress over many years until you develop cirrhosis—the most ...

Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) doesn’t always cause obvious symptoms. When symptoms do appear, fatigue and abdominal pain are the most common. MASLD develops when too ...

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 ...

If you’re in menopause, you may be more likely to get new health problems because of changes that happen when your body stops producing estrogen. One of these health problems can be nonalcoholic fatty ...

Doctors in Delhi successfully treated liver cancer in a 72-year-old high-risk patient without surgery using a minimally ...