Format: In-Person Event Date: Saturday, September 20, 2025 Where: ONeal Public Library – Community Room 50 Oak Street Mountain Brook, AL 35213 Time: All Times are Central Time Registration: 8:30 am – 9:00 am Program: 9:00 am – 3:00 pm...
Almost every visit to a health provider, results in a bilirubin test to make sure that it is in a normal range. Newborns are tested right way for bilirubin levels which are often high at birth and then correct on their own. Bilirubin is a yellow pigment that happens...
Cholangiocarcinoma or bile duct cancer is a rare but aggressive type of liver cancer. Bile ducts are the narrow tubes that carry bile from the gall bladder through the liver and onward to the small intestine. Bile is the digestive fluid that breaks down food and...
Blood travels through the liver as part of normal circulation. If the liver has blockages or scarred areas that restrict the blood’s normal path, the flow of blood will attempt to push its way through using the smaller veins in the liver. This places a lot of pressure...
Liver disease causes the liver to function with less efficiency. The result is that fluids begin to build up in the liver. Over time, the pressure of this additional fluid begins to leak out into the belly. There is a layer of tissue in the belly that has two sheets....
