News tagged with disorders

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Study finds cirrhosis affects twice as many transgender adults as cisgender adults

Cirrhosis is chronic, progressive end-stage liver disease that occurs when scar tissue prevents the liver from functioning normally. Studies have shown that two of the leading causes of cirrhosis—alcohol use disorder and ...

13 hours ago

Medications

A drug that lowers blood lipids could treat the world's most common liver disease

The University of Barcelona has led a study that suggests using the drug known as pemafibrate to treat liver disease associated with metabolic disorders, the most common liver pathology in the world, which affects 1 in 4 ...

15 hours ago

Neuroscience

Brain region involved in oxycodone relapse identified

Even years after they have recovered, a person who once struggled with alcohol or opioid addiction can relapse—and that relapse is more likely to occur during particularly stressful times.

16 hours ago