Liver

• About Your Liver - British Liver Trust explains the location of the liver and related organs, some of the many functions, and what can go wrong.
• Baylor College of Medicine: Liver Disease - Article provides basic facts, symptoms, causes and risk factors, diagnosis, and treatment approach.
• Cholestasis - Textbook section describes causes and symptoms of intra- and extrahepatic cholestasis. Includes diagnosis and management of Primary Biliary Cirrhosis.
• Cholestasis - Section of the Merck Manual describes this condition, associated with liver disease, including causes, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment.
• Congenital Hyperbilirubinemia - Section of textbook chapter gives brief overview of four conjugated and unconjugated syndromes.
• Diet For Liver Disease - Provides information on what the liver does and how diet effects those with liver disease.
• Dr. Wu's Liver Diseases - Information on hepatic diseases with a focus on viral hepatitis. Includes web sites for medical students, and information and review articles on hepatology.
• Drug-Induced Liver Disease - Section of textbook chapter details types of acute, cholestatic, chronic, and miscellaneous hepatic drug reactions.
• Hepatorenal Syndrome - Textbook explanation of advancing kidney failure as caused by liver disease. Includes diagnosis and treatment information.
• Inherited Liver Disease - Medical textbook information about hemochromatosis, alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency, and Wilson's Disease. Includes symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment.
• It's Dangerous To Ignore Your Liver - Offers information about risk factors and liver wellness. Download factsheets, order free brochures, or email a question.
• Jaundice - Discusses the causes, symptoms, and treatment of this condition associated with liver disease.
• Liver - Explains the anatomy of this organ, physiology, diseases, transplantation, and offers internal links.
• Liver Disease - Article from TalkMedical includes causes and symptoms of common liver diseases, long-term effects, treatments, and side effects.
• Liver Disease - University of Illinois Medical Center explains liver function, disease signs and symptoms, causes and risks, prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and side effects.
• Liver Disease: Frequently Asked Questions - Includes information on symptoms, alcohol usage, hepatitis, cirrhosis, drug- and medication-related problems, reversing damage, and vaccines.
• Liver Diseases - Collection of brief descriptions outlining liver diseases, from Gastroenterology Consultants, PC.
• Liver Diseases in Middle East - Provides detailed information about the liver, diseases, surgery, procedures, and transplant.
• Liverdisease.com - Expansion of knowledge to the public on topics devoted to hepatitis and other liver diseases.
• Medications and the Liver/Hepatitis - Clinical article explains how medications may cause liver damage. Includes chart by age and substance.
• Medicinenet.com: Liver Overview - Information about the liver, including diseases and conditions, medications, doctor's views and responses, and health facts.
• Merck Manual: Liver and Gallbladder Disorders - Includes discussions of various specific conditions and information on symptoms and clinical manifestations of early and advanced liver disease.
• The Progression of Liver Disease - Explains the common progression of virtually all liver diseases. Includes healthy, inflammation, fibrosis, cirrhosis, and liver failure.
• Vascular Disorders of the Liver - Description of four vein-related disorders and conditions that can cause harm to the liver.
• 50 Ways to Love Your Liver - Humorous list of tips for maintaining a healthy liver, told from the liver's point of view.
• What are the Diseases that Affect the Liver? - Details causes and symptoms of liver diseases that occur in children and adults.
• Digestive Disease Center - Medical University of South Carolina - Information for the public and health care professionals. Includes the organs and problems associated with them, as well as details about the center.
• Digestive Disorders - Describes the symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment options.
• eMedicine Health - Abdominal Pain in Children - Consumer health resource center providing an overview of a tummy ache and its causes, symptoms and treatment.
• eMedTV's Digestive Disorder Channel - A comprehensive site that includes in depth, medically created and reviewed articles and interactive videos covering the latest news, including the issues, complications, treatments and drug information.
• Focus on Digestion - Features news, clinical trial and articles.
• Gastrolab - This site is dedicated to digestive disorders. Chat and a mailing list available for support.
• Introductory Anatomy: Digestive System - A complete look at the this system starting with the purpose, mouth, swallowing, oesophagus, stomach, duodenum, small and large intestines, salivary glands, pancreas, liver and gallbladder.
• MCW HealthLink - Information and news on digestive disorders from the physicians and scientists of the Medical College of Wisconsin.
• NIDDK - This document contains patient education fact sheets on six diagnostic tests involving gastrointestinal disorders: colonoscopy, sigmoidoscopy, upper GI series, lower GI series, upper endoscopy and ERCP.
• Principal Health News - Digestive Center - Digestive disorders center for help with intestinal problems, from common disorders like flatulence or heartburn to less common ones such as Crohn's Disease or gallstones.
• Radiology Info: Upper GI Radiography - Information about the procedure. Explains what patients might experience, how to prepare, and benefits versus risks.
• UCLA Center for Neurovisceral Science and Women's Health - Information about IBS, diarrhea, constipation, abdominal pain, GERD and other GI disorders. Also includes information about clinical trials.
• WebMD - Heartburn/GERD Health Center - Find information on gas, bloating, and burping. Includes the causes and treatments.