As a liver specialist, I meet people with alcohol-related liver disease every day. It is a spectrum of disease ranging from laying down of fat in the liver (fatty liver) to scar formation (cirrhosis) and it usually doesn’t cause any symptoms until the very late stages of damage. It is needed for hundreds of bodily...
The liver is essential for digesting food and ridding your body of toxic substances. Research is ongoing on medications that might be able to reverse cirrhosis. Still, it’s likely going to take time and many clinical trials before any drug is found to be successful and can enter the market. Make an appointment with your...
Saul Mcleod, Ph.D., is a qualified psychology teacher with over 18 years experience of working in further and higher education. He has been published in peer-reviewed journals, including the Journal of Clinical Psychology. DBT is a type of therapy that’s often used to reduce symptoms of BPD, but it has some other uses as well....